Sparks from the fire float into the night, pretending to be fireflies
Ashes from the fire reminds me of lost souls, searching for a way back into life
Smoke from the fire surrounds and blinds me, like bad memories
Flames from the fire reach out to me, beckoning me to embrace them
Smells from the fire consume me, acting like chloroform
Crackling from the fire puts me in reality, sounding like guns in the distance
Color from the fire convinces me of anger, but also of beauty
Heat from the fire warms me, so much like my hatred
Embers from the fire glow with motivation to prove something

The fire in me is what makes me alive

Fight the anchor bringing you down
Cut the ties that make you drown
Say goodbye to the souls
Who have the master controls
Over you and your actions
Turn your back on the distractions
Look forward to the road ahead
To look beyond the unsaid
Leave behind the reminders of your past
Forget about your time as an outcast
Walk away from your greatest mistakes
Step on the gas and don’t hit the brakes
Don’t lose another battle, win the war
Destroy the forces that destroyed you before
Take your words and scream them out
Make everyone hear what they’re without
Wake up from the nightmares you have each day
Live your own dreams and don’t let them stray
Cut off the strings holding you still
Act on your own, by your individual will
Force your independence, make a stand
Get rid of constraints, the judgmental brand
Take a breath without asking permission
Never again commit submission
Wonder how you had let this grow
How you didn’t see this coming, didn’t know
Lose the wool covering your sight
Save yourself from blindness in order to see the light
Gaze into the illumination
Get away from frustration
Find who you are when no one’s around
Their opinions just ran you in the ground
Shut out the bad to become the good
Burn the hate like firewood
Earn your deserved liberty
Accept yourself as your identity

Bind me to you, I won’t escape
Tear me up and we’ll take shape
I’ll be yours until this gets old
Until, under the pressure, I will fold
Into your arms where I belong
As you try to prove me wrong
Pull me apart and rip me to shreds
Tie me back together with these threads
I’ll make you see that you need me
To be just like you, to be free
Let me show you what I can do
This is me trying to break through