COME CLOSER

I STARTED A FIRE

I STARTED A FIRE

I started a fire to heal my woes

To rid all the torment of which nobody knows

At first just a smoulder, then flicker to flame

I watched it aghast, unaware of the pain

As it burnt through my trainers and socks to my toes

A cacophony of colour tears through my clothes

Devouring the cloth and melting my skin

In the moonlight I dance, such a glorious sight

My body ablaze, decorated in fire

Consuming my madness in a melee of flames

Such rapture in psychosis as I sing out Hell's name 

My witness to insanity are the demons within

To their ranks I am welcomed, burning in sin

I sink to the ground smouldering and charred

I lower my head to my raw, open chest

Each breath is a struggle and I want to give in

I’m blackened and worthless, I let madness win

Death I embrace as Hel'ls doors open and spin

The demons are smiling, we are at last face to face

I acknowledge their summons, and die without grace.