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fire dances in her veins
burning, coursing, pounding
sparks leap in her hair
fierce, dangerous, beautiful
flames burn in her eyes
passionate, deep, intense
heat pounds in her heart
desperate, loving, fast
but what stands out the most
over all the fire she holds
is the blaze that rages in her soul
find me somewhere in the dark
i’m calling out to you
do you hear my voice?
or is it all just static noise?
find me right here by your side
watching your every move
do you feel me over your shoulder?
or is my touch like that of a ghost?
find me hidden, barred from you
fighting to be free
my nails are broken, battered, scarred
can you hear my desperate screams?
find me standing next to you
so close but yet so far
find me, please, i need you
find me always loving you
who are you?
you look like me
you talk like me
you know me
but i don’t know you
i can’t recall your face
i can’t remember you
but
my head
my heart
my soul
it knows you
it calls a name that makes my heart hurt
is that you?
is it you making up the holes in my mind?
was it you the whole time?
please
i need you
show me the way
i love you, somewhere
i think i know i do
lead me there
to the place you inhabit in my memories
lead me
stay with me
forever
family
what is a family
a group of people who love you?
a group of people who need you?
can a family be just two
two lonely souls
entwined by birth and love
together forever
for each other
for themselves
two lovely souls
convinced they’ll be just two
forever
two loved souls
proven wrong
she asked one day what happened
in those years that she wasn’t there
he laughed, a bitter noise
and he shook his head at her
‘do you know,’ he said, his voice cold
a tone he’d never directed at her
‘do you know how much i need you?
to make my life worthwhile?’
he leaned his head on her
hair cascading down her shoulder
she ran her fingers nimbly through it
a calming gesture from years just reclaimed
‘i was bitter’ he said, moving closer to her
‘i had no one, and i had nothing’
‘until soon I had fame, but that was taken too’
‘then i met them, but i didn’t know i knew them’
‘so they were strangers in a sea of blurred faces’
‘i missed them too, subconsciously’
‘but you, you always eluded me’
she leaned on his head
she sighed
pulled him close
said ‘im sorry’ and thought he was done
but he breathed a shaky breath
thick from the effort
of trying not to cry
‘the worst part was a phrase’
‘stuck in my head, something at the time’
‘that just didn’t make sense’
‘but now that you’re here it almost hurts more’
‘outcast, this time alone’