There needs to be a change
How one does that is an act of courage that needs to take place
I must jump from my safe space and into the pool of the unknown
I grow weak with each passing day
I'm scared I will not be able to keep afloat and retreat back to my safe space
shivering with regret
But isn't that the definition of courage?
The ability to do something that frightens one

Within the darkness there is a solitary flame.
Flickering, nobody but the wind to blame.
The wind could do nothing, no, not even faze.
Next, the cold and damp rolls right in.
Now the blanket of warmth is turned thin.
The flame is now much weaker in this gloomy haze.
Within these conditions the flame cannot thrive.
No, within these conditions the flame cannot survive.
Now dying alone in this darkness, no longer the previously warm blaze.

These elements can't help who they are.
Just as much as a sun can't help being a star.
The flame just does not belong here.
Where it faces the cold and gloom in fear.
It must leave and return,
To the place where it can be bright and burn.
There it can thrive.
There it can surely survive.

When all the eyes are closed,
When all the heads are weary laid,
When all the lights have been turned down,
When the day is at it's end,

It is I who waits,
It is I who cares,

When all the people,
In all the world,
Are settled into dreams,
And it's only the demons who roam,

It is I who loves,
It is I who cries,

I sat on my hands,
Watched you walk away,
It's such a shame,
It has to be this way,

It is I who watches,
It is I who dies,

I am on fire,
Burning in your flames.

~LC~