NECROHISTRIOPHILIA

Necrohistriophilia

A fire captured on nitrate

dancing around a code of conduct

on pre-dawn stock

he added the color

painting by performance

He burns through time

burns through death

demanding attention
commanding respect

igniting desire

warming life

Heartbeats

professional and personal

echo and living

touching yet never touched

held together by present tense

Sentient in the moment

obsesses

sentient on the film

reeling

every caught breath

every clenched word

every captured touch

to be run

over

and over

again

till present tense

becomes past

and the only thing left

is transferred to digital

April 28, 2017

NaPoWriMo2017 prompt 18: write a poem that incorporates a neologism (a made-up word). 

My neologism - 

Necrohistriophilia

(neck-row-hiss-tree-oh-fill-ee-ah)

from - 

Necro: those that are dead

Histrio: actor

Philia: abnormal liking for

meaning -

obsessed with a deceased actor

Google search results for Necrohistriophilia: did not match any documents.

Image is of Fredric March as Death from the movie "Death Takes A Holiday": used without permission, with no credit taken, no profit made, and no offense intended.