They were dry tinder
   Cautious of the passion on the cusp of friction
       Back-stepping each possible spark
          And ignition
            To burn feverishly.
Their retreats only added kindle to their bodies' desire
   Crying out for flaming tongues to lick
     And flicker
       And erupt in
        A blazing inferno of utter combustion.
It was not the uncontrollable white heat they feared
  But the fear of eventually running out of fuel
    The backwash when nothing but
      Char and ash remain
         And the last embers snuffed out.
The yearning like smoke
  Forever lost on the bellows of time
    It was not the burning they dreaded
      But being burnt.

I know I hurt you

but I hurt too

it hurts you thought it was all a lie

it hurts that you hurt

maybe I was taking a risk
because I believe in taking those

but sometimes bad things come from risks& that's how we learn

I'm sorry you were a failed risk

I really didn't want it to be this way

but it is

& I can't ignore what my heart whispers to me

"no, this isn't right"

that cannot be ignored.

Take a risk you said
For the doubts in my mind were too loud
That it over shadowed the want of my heart
I did as you told me
And when I did
I felt the pain
I felt how my world weight down on me
I felt the way broken people described life
Those who I thought exaggerated of how cruel the world can be
That risk took away my being
My life of innocence that the world is not as people said it was
But i was wrong and they were right
I took the risk but I guess it was nice
It was nice to feel the pain even if I feel the sun won't shine the same
Because without that risk
I would never have loved you the way I thought would be impossible

Why are people scared to have their everything taken by someone? Jesus, I want nothing more than to have my everything taken away from me, stolen in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. Quietly, without a sound. I want to wake up and realise someone thought parts of me was worthy of taking and worthy of loving. I want to make someone feel worthy of being loved and I want to make them feel like they're out of this ******* universe. And if they take my everything and run away and never come back, i'll hurt but I'll still sleep at night. I'll learn from it and grow from it but I'll be an emptier shell than before. Less to give to the next person. There's only so many times you can give your 'everything' to people before they all eventually strip you of everything you stood for and carve you from the inside out. Not leaving a trace of you ever being here.

Shall we bypass the rules for a bit?

And imagine the (freedom)
of a stroll to point A.
I had imagined such a trance
which the simple escape by a snap or a flick
would leave you in such disarray.
Or perhaps the choice presented itself
in the **** and a vanishing act once more.

Tell me where to go with this…
perhaps you’d enjoy the clouds in the night sky
or maybe even the reflection of the moon on cobblestone.
Take the light out of your eyes and wipe away the color
Or dip your toes in the water.
Pull your hand away from the fire.
Pretend to live.

Point me in the direction of the wind
And follow along, piece by piece.
Stagger along that wall and
maybe one day you’ll
release.

Or jump head first and realize
there was a time when you’d
think first, perhaps for a fleeting moment.
Hear my voice and grasp for my arm
and return.

Or flow downstream to the End
and bask in the warm sun for a time
in the light, so it seems.

Let the warmness remember you like I do.

On a family vacation
To the mountains of Tennessee,
We were on a hike,
And my Mother said to me,
She had grasped a tiny twig,
To break her from her fall.
She laughed at the irony.
"That isn't much help at all."
Right now, I feel like she did.
This scenario is foretold.
If I fall, I'm falling hard -
And there's no sturdy branch to hold.

You are silent and so am I
You think you've been let down
And so do I

The truth however is
We both scared to risk it all
We both don't know what's to become
If we just let go of our bubble and
Float back to the ground!