Playing with Fire

[girl-n-2boyz]

 You are fuel for a fire you did not start.

A fire consuming the world around me, threatening the air I breathe and all that I hold dear.

I want you to be close and keep me safe from the flames.

And all the while, I know you can't.

I want to let you in, yet I am afraid that you, too will succumb to the flames and be no more than an ember in my heart.

For now, I must say goodbye and send you away with pieces of my heart.

Once the flames have subsided, and I am surveying the devastation may you return to help me pick up the charred remains and then begin to heal.