A light so warm and so inviting
An ember of soul I watched igniting
It lit the darkness of my prison
From the floor I stood arisen
I reached through bars towards the flame
Fingers stretched I tried to claim
It seemed so far and I was lost
I sit and watch the creeping frost
In my cage the beast was looming
His snarling words and restless fuming
He slashed my hands and yanked my chain
Howling rage and endless pain
I watch the flame, the beast asleep
It shows my hidden wounds cut deep
I see my skin cracking apart
I hold my knees and feel the dark
Which keeps at bay only just beyond
The bright flame's warmth with which I bond
And every night from dusk till dawn
My thawing heart to it is drawn
It beckons me to leave this place
My shackles gone without a trace
I bring the fire close to me
It does not burn, it sets me free.
Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 9:20 PM UTC
A light so warm and so inviting
An ember of soul I watched igniting
It lit the darkness of my prison
From the floor I stood arisen
I reached through bars towards the flame
Fingers stretched I tried to claim
It seemed so far and I was lost
I sit and watch the creeping frost
In my cage the beast was looming
His snarling words and restless fuming
He slashed my hands and yanked my chain
Howling rage and endless pain
I watch the flame, the beast asleep
It shows my hidden wounds cut deep
I see my skin cracking apart
I hold my knees and feel the dark
Which keeps at bay only just beyond
The bright flame's warmth with which I bond
And every night from dusk till dawn
My thawing heart to it is drawn
It beckons me to leave this place
My shackles gone without a trace
I bring the fire close to me
It does not burn, it sets me free.
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