It's like Rupi Kaur says, "You should have known." You should have seen me as a candle, you should have felt me as a flame. You should have never tried to hold me, should have never changed my name. I was never merely embers, I was always made for pain.
He sees me as a candle soft and light and smelling sweet. Or he sees me as a wild fire and he marvels at my heat. He's the wind and so he tests me and I burn out or I rage. He's the wind and so I need him, to clear away the haze.
He can quench the flicking candle, he can feed the blazing flare. He can touch me without burning - I can't breathe without his air.
I will never understand why you held me if you were afraid of warmth