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the flame.

Long ago.

 

Possibly when I was eleven years old.

 

I lit the first match.

 

That light fueled the fire in my heart.

 

Smeared my soul with darkness.

 

I watched everything burn.

 

Burn.

 

Burn.

 

Burn.

 

Poetic pyro’s .

 

That’s what we called our group.

 

Watch the flames flicker as our art took its shape.

 

My first kiss was stolen as I watched the flames flicker across his face.

 

I watch.

 

I grow.

 

I learn.

 

With every building.

 

With every match.

 

My soul curls.

 

My soul darkens.

 

I burn.

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kiara-mcneil
122 / F / American
Published
Apr 15, 2012
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