Playing With Fire

Dancing round
The flickering flames
Skirting the problem
Avoiding the truth
Turning a blind eye
Words left unsaid 
Emotions hidden 
Pretending, evading 
Singeing our finger tips
Heating up and making larger
The space between us
Unable to look me in the eye
A problem that grows 
Fanned and fed by silence 
Till we get burned
And scars are left
It spreads and consumes 
Wild, out of control
So easy to prevent 
Now more difficult to stop
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Cheesman Avatar
May 25, 2012 at 11:15 PM
mardi - you are so right, hit the nail on the head here. thank you for sharing. Shaz
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