The Land of 1000 Fires

[Elle 122,853]

Written Version

Two blue steel trains run through the tunnels of your cool blue steel eyes

Vernon

Rock quarry

The vastness of which has nothing on my beautiful mind

Dylan

I hear Dylan when i look at you

i can see it on my arm in invisible ink like a tattoo

The ying to my yang

The toughness to my unending softness

A striking example of masculinity

Firm in your verticality

Sure in your confrontation against all elements

And duality

The sun to my wilting daisy

The earth to the wildflower that doesn't care where it grown

 

Vernon

Everything's burnt here

There's no escaping it

The air is fried and on fire

I've never really fallen in love

But whatever this feeling is

I wish everyone could experience it

This place feels like a person

Familiar

Like someone i've stood next to before

But never while i was standing next to you

Thank you

For being here

For bearing witness to my vastness

 

Through the year I've called you in and out of my orbit

You, in your madness

The satellite that's constellating my world

Mimicking the inner chaos that i've disowned

A mirror to my past life retribution

A reflection of my sadness

If i'm going to keep on living the way that i'm living

i cant do it without you.

My feet aren't on the ground

i need your body to stand on

Your name to define me

On top of being a woman

i am scared

and

Ethereal

and

 

There are seven worlds in my eyes

 

I'm accessing of all them once

 

One to draw my words and my muses

Another one i try and harness late at night that lies somewhere

Off of the right of Jupiter

And then of course there's this one i live in

The land of 1000 fires

That's where you come in

 

You

Vernon

Dylan

Two blue steel trains

Running through the tunnel of your

Cool blue steel eyes

 

To guide me far from the world of my early days

That i cant quite make out clearly

That beckon me towards a high sea cliffs

On long car rides

 

Towards a future place

A world unknown to me

Made up of something surreal and dripping

Flowers in solar systems Oversized

 

You Vernon Dylan

 

No words needed to sponge up the

Dark nights

No explanations for the globes in my eyes

Shoulder to shoulder in the factory light

Letting me be who i would have been

If everything had turned out alright

 

3 alternative endings

Course through my blood on ice

i thrive because i say i do

and because its what i write

 

But honestly if you werent here

i dont know what things would look like

 

That's my why no matter what world i'm in

i navigate by satellite

Vernon

Dylan

and you in your madness

 

Two trains running

 

Through your cool blue eyes

 

 

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Spoken Word Version

Two blue steel trains run through the tunnels of your cool blue steel eyes

Vernon

Rock quarry

The vastness of which has nothing your my beautiful mind

Dylan

I hear Dylan when i look at you

i can see it in invisible ink like a tattoo

The ying to my yang

The toughness to my unending softness

A striking example of masculinity

Firm in your verticality

Sure in your confrontation against all elements

And duality

The sun to my wilting daisy

The earth to the wildflower that doesn't care where it grows

 

Vernon

Everything's burnt here

There's no escaping it

The air is fried and on fire

I've never really fallen in love

But whatever this feeling is

I wish everyone could experience it

This place feels like a person

Familiar

Like someone i've stood next to before

But never while i was standing next to you

Thank you

For being here

For bearing witness to my vastness

 

Through the years I've called you in and out of my orbit

You, in your madness

The satellite that constellates my world

Mimicking the inner chaos that i've disowned

A mirror to my past life retributions

A reflection of my sadness

If i'm going to keep on living the way that i'm living

i cant do it without you.

My feet aren't on the ground

i need your body to stand on

Your name to define me

On top of being a woman

i am scared

and

Ethereal

and

 

There are seven worlds in my eyes

 

I'm accessing of all them once

 

One to draw my words from and my muses

Another one i try and harness late at night that lies somewhere

Off of the right of Jupiter

And then of course there's this one i live in

The land of 1000 fires

That's where you come in

 

You

Vernon

Dylan

Two blue steel trains

Running through the tunnels of your

Cool blue steel eyes

 

To guide me far from the world of my early days

That i cant quite make out clearly

That beckon me towards high sea cliffs

On long car rides

 

Towards a future place

A world unknown to me

Made up of something surreal and dripping

Flowers in solar systems Oversized

 

You Vernon Dylan

 

No words needed to sponge up the

Dark nights

No explanation for the globes in my eyes

Shoulder to shoulder in the factory light

Letting me be who i would have been

If everything had turned out alright

 

3 alternative endings now

Course through my blood on ice

But i thrive because i say i do

and because its what i write

 

But honestly if you aren't here with me

i dont know what things would look like

 

That's my why no matter what world i'm in

I'm accessible by only one satellite

Vernon

Dylan

and you in your madness

 

With two blue steel trains running through the tunnels of your cool blue steel eyes

 

Edited July 28, 2020 by Elle
updated with spoken word version

[maxthehitman 1,729]

I like this poem 

 

Surely another LOVE Poem.

Someone real , or some one imagined ?
I do not know.

Ít could be about Bob Dylan. (?)   He too has blue eyes.

[American Whore 51,674]

This one gave me chills, not too sure why. I like it a lot

[irvnex 1,250]

"On top of being a woman" idk how to feel about this   

[MargaretThatcher 1,332]

Certainly a Bob Dylan reference. His work has had a huge impact on Lana.

[necessary sacrifice 8,865]

Certainly a Bob Dylan reference. His work has had a huge impact on Lana.

I love this poem and how she uses Bob Dylan as a symbol almost, like a personification of masculinity/the quintessential male experience. It’s interesting.

[American Whore 51,674]

Woah are these mellotron flute? I can’t tell, the way they play to perfectly that’s why i’m wondering

[Platinum Greenwich 13,862]

"there are seven worlds in my eyes - i'm accessing all of them at once"

 

this is so fucking powerful to me, i can't explain it, but you know i felt that 

[Paris Hilton 9,988]

[Kandidate 247]

I can see it on my arm in permanent ink.....

 

[Platinum Greenwich 13,862]

lana was so correct when she said this was her fave off violet

[SalvaWHORE 34,157]

On 7/28/2020 at 3:10 AM, necessary sacrifice said:

I love this poem and how she uses Bob Dylan as a symbol almost, like a personification of masculinity/the quintessential male experience. It’s interesting.

omg what happened to my sis scarlettohara? why is she banned?