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Wildfire

Poem - be the fire within you, no regrets

By Mimi SparkesPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Wildfire
Photo by Max Kukurudziak on Unsplash

I’M GONNA TAKE MY THINGS AND GO, WALK OUT THAT DOOR, WON’T LOOK BACK

ANYMORE, I’VE MADE MY BRIDGE AND I’M BURNING IT, BECAUSE OF YOU AND WHAT

YOU DO, WHAT A LOVELY FIRE IT MAKES TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND FINALLY

ESCAPE, FROM ALL OF YOUR LIES, I HAVE NOW BROKEN THE TIES, AND THOSE

WHO CANNOT SEE ARE FOOLS LIKE I USED TO BE, WITH THE MOON AND TIDE TO GUIDE ME I WILL BE ALRIGHT

I’LL BE MY OWN BEAMING LIGHT, LIKE WILDFIRE IN THE DEAD OF THE

NIGHT, YOU MAY SEE ME RISE, IF NOT YOU’LL SEE ME SHINE, BRIGHTER THAN EVER

BEFORE, BECAUSE I AM STRONGER THAN YOU THOUGHT, YOU CAN’T TOUCH ME

BECAUSE I AM FIRE WILD AND FREE

YOU LIVE IN A PAPER WORLD, WHERE EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH GETS RIPPED UP,

ALTHOUGH YOU CANNOT SEE, THERE ARE FLAMES IN THE WORLD BURNING YOUR FAKE

TOWNS, EVERYTHING WILL TURN TO ASH, ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ALL OF YOUR

CASH, BECAUSE IT IS ALL PAPER, MEANINGLESS SHIT AND BAD BEHAVIOUR

YOU WILL NEVER LEARN TOUCH A FLAME THEN YOU’LL BURN, TO ALL THE FLAMES

LIKE ME I WISH YOU TO BE WILD AND FREE, FREE FROM ALL THE BAD, ALL THOSE

PAPER WORLDS AND WHAT THEY HOLD, YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BUT YOUR FIRE HAS BEEN EARNED, SO WE USE IT FOR GOOD HELPING IN ANY WAY THAT WE

CAN.

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