There lives in this world a flame It burns with a wild and free spirit But with grace and gentleness Captivating, beauty personified It doesn't roar but it purrs My life was blessed to have been touched by its soul When the world saw to test my body and break my will The flame would comfort, caress and embrace me No matter the trials I faced it's warmth would empower me If I was far from home it would guide back to its love In my arrogance I forgot to tend the flame It needed fuel to burn so bright Compassion, Understanding and a foundation Without these a gap began to form between us Now it caresses and comforts someone else And I am left alone in the never ending dark A void and dessolate dark Where I have no protection from harsh realities and demons What was once majestic fire has manifested itself nightmares I can still sense the flicker of the flame Dancing its delicate dance with him Closing my eyes I reach out to it But the very force that once sheilded me from hurt Becomes the very impliment to inflict it Burning and scolding with a fury to match its beauty Every lash feels like my death coil But still I reach out Hoping, praying that I will be once again envolpoed in its refuge I know it is through my own carelessness That my hands are covered in scars But still I reach out When I ask myself if should continue, all I can answer is I regret my failure I regret that I only have two hands to butcher