Burn
You threw my heart into the fire and watched it burn
The flames had taken hold inside my chest
The heat from love lost stung like embers on my skin
Smoke seeped slowly into my lungs stoking the coals in my belly
I choked on pathetic pleas for help
Tears fell but it was not enough to douse the blaze
Pitiful sounds escaped my smoldering lips
Still you spat chemical words
You laughed as you added fuel to the inferno
I cracked and crumbled at your feet
But the phoenix rises from ashes
And I, too, will be whole again
Copyright © Lj Jackson | Year Posted 2017
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