rediscovering fire

by: stacy

if secrets were sparks,
i could burn down the walls
that you've built to protect me,
with the secrets i've kept
just to protect you.
if secrets were sparks.

if secrets were sparks,
i could light myself with
bitter, agressive flames.
i could melt and disintegrate
so you wouldn't even recognize me.
if secrets were sparks.

if secrets were sparks,
i'd be too hot to hold.
i would sear your skin, and
scar you forever with lightning
bolts of scar tissue to carry.
if secrets were sparks.

oh, no.

i couldn't.

i'll freeze myself over,
because if secrets were sparks,
it'd be ashes ashes,
we all fall down.