Red Orchid | Teen Ink

Red Orchid

July 24, 2014
By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath


I.
A fire ignites gladdly on the stove, tea kettle pealing frantically
while salt and canola oil singe away the ceiling and ascend.

II.
A strange, red fabric pools in the sky,
offers billows of smoke to fill a white balloon.

III.
A sudden wave of heat is nothing more
than the train of a gorgon's sacrimental dress.

IV.
The hush after a wildfire is far from silent,
after all, it is then that the ground refills,
the pop of seeds exploding out of the earth,
tossed into the underbrush like rice at a wedding.



Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 2 comments.


on Apr. 18 2015 at 10:21 pm
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

How's it going!? I haven't been on here much either, but it looks like you've done really well lately, especially with your artwork. Congrats on getting published! I'll send you an email tonight (my address is literally my name). Happy A-Few-Months-Till-Your-Birthday-Early-Birthday!

on Apr. 5 2015 at 4:45 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

EMMM My favourite professional dragon rider. HOW I HAVE MISSED THEE! I must commend your vocabulary and diction. For there were quite a few words I had to look up. I know I have had quite a hiatus on here. I must inform you that I shall be leaving TeenInk soon (some months) as I turn twenty. Therefore I had to come and see more of your work. And shall be doing so for the next few months as well. Also my friend, I do not wish to lose all contact so email me if you wish: dua.jas(attherateof)hotmail.com