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Inspired by the song Outside by Staind

Tending the Flames

Sparks white-hot nestled in embers
Your eyes curtain-off the flames
Ice cold as late-December
Turn up the heat to play your games

Push me harder for rent, honey
Your heart, I thought a home
To a skeleton, everywhere is sunny
And today I mean to pick a bone

Fury tempered towards open grievance
Flaws obscured brought into light
What you took we're not close to even
Look into mirrors for a sorry sight

As I stand, bucket in hand,
The flames of our home spurred by wind
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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