Made to Burn



Life still runs

feral in me.


I haven’t spent

all my trouble yet.


There are nights

I haven’t burned through,

curses

I haven’t spoken.


I’ve spent too long

learning how not to break.


Now I want

to learn how to live.


To kiss the edge of ruin,

to run from the right place,

to wear the night

until morning.


Don’t save me.


Wake me.


I was never made

to disappear quietly.


I came here

to burn

until the last light

goes out.

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