Forest Fires by col13x

Forest Fires

To be the torch
Which lit this fire
Perhaps was not your intention

To lay your balm
Upon my soul of ash
And breathe love back into its embers

If but then you sought the same as me
For a heart so desperately in need
To prove it was not broken

We burnt that love in flames of flesh
And drown for a time in its searing heat
But knew the truth of a fingers touch

Would never reach

The hope of larva’s burning

So before this chill sets within my bones
And before the last sob
Of my tourniquet throat

As I pace the edge of forest fires
Where my home of coals is waiting

There will be no more tears to fall upon this love
No more dusts to receive the scorching marks
No more nights of agony in pyres of blood

No more incendiaries of amber lanterns lit

I will turn to dark
And melting wax
Where the poetry of unrequited love
Had its moment of recognition

To be the torch
That lit your fire
Perhaps was not my intention

To lay my balm
Upon your soul of ash
And breathe love back into its embers

If but then you sought the same as me
For a heart so desperately in need
To prove it was not broken

We saw for a time every wish could be
In the bonfire of a memory

We saw how love could really be

And we new the dance was not a dream

But between us lay the forest fires
And its chill fingers
Of separation

And now to turn upon the empty night
And look into another’s eyes
And try to see
What the dreams could be
Without love to ignite them