Fire for the Theatrical

You were scared

But why wouldn’t you be?

For the thing you feared

Was destroying everything

Flames consumed your life

The heat pulling tears from your eyes

You tried to convince yourself it was fine

Tried to live in harmony with the lies

You put up walls

And closed the doors

But this was just setting up for a bigger fall

And you always wanted more

More of the heat

More of the life

More of the tears

More of the light

But now you want less

Less of the fear

Less of the smoke

Less of the seering

Less of the small

Voices in your head pleading

For more

So you run from the flames, 

Away from the burning Mansion rooms

Rooms already piles of burning embers

With cursed whispers

Rising with the smoke

And the silence

Hissing for more

The story should end here

With everything you care about

Already gone

But its not over yet

Even though I’m struggling to rhyme

I still have my message

Just because everything is burning

Doesn’t mean everything is over

Just stop looking

At what you lost

And look for what you can gain

Because the rain

Does come

Please continue to want more

More water

More love

More of the things that matter

More laughter

More of the things that make you smile

Because its been a while

Since you’ve lit a flame