Ignite

I live in a house where the fire is

Always burning, but I cannot escape –

It’s like I’m immune to it; it has

Taken over my mind, consuming all

 

The simple things which I thought I enjoyed…

I am a phoenix, except that I won’t

Be reborn from the ashes when they take

My soul, my words my freedom and every

 

Little thing that kept me going, kept me

From losing myself, losing the person I

Had strived to become, had worked so hard for;

It’s all gone, disappeared, destroyed and

 

I’m stuck in a house where the fire is

Burning: the roof collapsed before my eyes.