Carry You — After Coldplay, Fix You (a golden shovel poem)

I know your wild heart — running from city lights.

I’ve heard your howls, and I’m determined, I will 

run beside you. I will trust your instinct to guide 

us. When the chasing steals your sleep, when you 

need my love to find your way, I’ll carry you home 

I’ll hold you — though you bite and struggle, and 

though my bleeding flesh burns with the fire you ignite 

— I’ll lean into you, shoulder your body in spite of your

claws. I’ll lend to you all the strength in my bones.

———-

golden shovel – Take a line (or lines) from a poem you like. Use each word as an end word in your poem. Keep the end words in order. Credit the original poet, ie. “-after (poet)”.

For more information, check out– http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-14 and for help with ekphrasis, check out – http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/guest-posts/making-peace-with-ekphrastic-poetry-guest-post-by-nate-pritts.