There's a fire that's burning
Our skin sizzles from the heat
Can't you feel the flames
The loss of air
You can't breathe

You started this mess with your words
A lit match dropped into our lives
And there you are
Sitting pretty in your corner
The lies and the deceit
The mesmerizing orchestra that plays to your beat

You don't feel the pain
The struggles you left behind
You roll it off your shoulders
And pretend the world doesn't exist

The embers from our lives
Swept up around your feet
The ashes are falling
The smoke makes it hard to see

It's unbearable
The loss
The emptiness
The confusion that you wreak

And although the fire may have consumed you
The wind embraced a spark
The oxygen ignited
And gave birth within the dark

Unannounced to you
That ember grew and grew
Shielded and numb
The walls put in place

A survivor of the fire
With a mask upon her face