My body is Centralia:

If you hang around long enough You’ll see smoke escaping crevices The roaring flames hissing Through my rib cage

The population dwindles, most recognize The danger of living there, But there’s always the few who refuse to leave Their love burns hotter than any mine fire

It’s….beautiful…

The trees dance beneath an ethereal glow, Golden light gleaming where shadows grow. They crackle and split, their laughter as fire, Ashes ascending, dark plumes climb higher.

Smoke weaves soft sashes, the sky it mars, Flowing like waves in a sea of golden stars. The light drifts gently on the night’s cool breeze, A fleeting warmth through the whispering trees.

I reach to catch a small falling star, It sizzles and scars as it lands on my arm. I cradle it gently, this warm dying ember, And drown in the smoke of a fire to remember.

I loved to read I yearned to share and I needed to learn. I read for endless hours I could answer every question and I just wanted more I danced and sang I skipped and played I had friends I was happy and I was ok The fire inside me burnt bright with brilliant sparks of amber and rose Shining flames of gold and maroon My spark my joy my love burned passionatly but they dont like optimistic little girls so they said stop reading stop talking stop learning they all said Shup up stay down Go away Before long I stopped caring I stopped trying I stopped smiling I just cried and scrolled and slept I quit laughing I quit singing I quit talking They stopped out my flame The drowned me They caused my sparks to fall into piles of sad grey ashes and I became a shell of myself That no one could recognize

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Fire is a fickle fiend When I exhale all my anger It roars like the lions in my head When I cry out all my sadness It dips down like the dying daisies in my eyes When I kiss the flames with my happiness It was dances like the undoubtful Danes in my dreams When I tell tales of all my love affairs It burns and simmers Like the heat rising to my cheeks Fire is a fickle fiend Like the mind that so valiantly leads me

Dear dad Where did you go when I needed you How are you gonna bury me You gotta see your son too see it through Motherfucker left for milk and took the scenic route Motherfucker left me with a unscenic view Your just another John So it’s on sight When you see the roof The Apple doesn’t fall far from The tree And heaven fell from A bite of fruit So when I’m hell on earth That piece is a piece of you You spawned a spawn so aslong as we both see breathe they’ll never be peace left They tell me you different And it’s that lie I won’t feed into You wanted the spotlight But you’re mad when the truth see life You tied your own noose You ain’t just say your reformed You believe Now I gotta pop pop pop When you pop pop You’re not the only one who knows how to use his tools Always been a op op Now you at the top top And you want a clean slate Well the slates clean everyone forgot got Except me Ain’t no forgive and forgotten After I got em Forget them That’s the only way they’ll every be forgiven Then ima spin on they partners Then ima spin on his pockets Fuck a dollar After child support you owe me all of your prophets I’m moving like a mosh pit Do it like Mike Ay ay ay Ima tap dance on your grave bitch Or maybe you should make it easy on yourself and just rage quit

Time will pass you by just let it be Dre Your wasting your life On a fight that you “need to lead “ Please just leave

Watch as the fire Bleeds for me Would you let me Would you let me die too Keep the peace I’m caught in the embers of your name Ima victim of your mistakes It’s too late to fix the errors or your ways Too late for you to take the blame I’ll watch you fall from your reign And you’ll watch me Fall from grace But at the end of the day You’ll bear my crown of flames

Wait for it Wait for it Wait for it …

It’s time for a rematch I paid for it I wanna see your real colors I came for it Your enemies plotted your end I prayed for it Who hotter than me I’ll wait for it Who better than me I’ll wait for it How am I gonna get schooled by the drop out You left so many scars that I lost count You lost everyone so you can be the big dog Now it’s time for the little pup to put the dog down Now you walk around town with a false crown You’re the one who taught me that ruthless shit What you think my own dad I won’t walk down Let me talk to you It ain’t bother you Hurting me When I was apart of you And I’m Living proof It’s been years and now you wanna wave white flags and call a truce Maybe if you made me feel like a son we wouldn’t be hear But hey Now I got a lot to prove It feels like I’m crazy Going insane This is what you made me Every time you look at me Your just looking in a mirror of your own mistakes All the rage All the hate All this pain Now your in here talking bout change Bitch make it make it sense I hate you I hate the way that you talk And I hate the fact that the right thing to do is forgive you I know you brought me into the world But ima be the one to break you So dear dad I hate you

Time passes by But you still Owe me I’m your offspring Same face Same eyes But you don’t know me Oh I’m caught in the embers of your name I’m another victim of your mistakes It’s too late to fix the errors of your ways Too late for you too take the blame I’ll watch you fall from your reign And you’ll watch me fall from grsve But at the end of the day You’ll bear my crown of flames Bear my crown of flames You’ll bear my crown of flames

The standing is eternal Salty fluid pools on my skin The holes in my head must be filled I don’t have a body. I like to pretend I never did Profound, isn’t it The sound of silence.

Fire burns in my veins My head is heated with flames.

They fuel the rage inside And they helps bring it to light

Fire surrounds us all But only to few do they call

No one can put them out And if they do, they’ll get them back about

Flames kill and burn But only the strongest will not be hurt

The lake is full so they light a fire instead Carry me to it, marching me to hell And the men sing their tuneless songs, To the beat of the church bell. I imagine it will ring again, once I am dead.

My dress clings to me like a second skin, There is a mess of hands pulling at the hem Some belong to children, they thinks it’s a game. I curse the rest but I spare them As the air around me thickens, and then thins.

The flames lick me like hungry dogs Tongues not hot but cold like the rain, Which flies from bloated clouds And douses the town in my silent pain, Then I hear them squeal like roasting hogs.

Iv’e only ever seen it contained. Once while driving. Many a times sitting. Cooking too.

The strange thing is It’s so present It’s so known Yet is it even here?

If you look at it for a while This weightless thing You begin to see its lack of shape Lack of structure and support

Peoples fingers go through it People’s lives are consumed by it Yet every time I light a candle It’s only the candle that’s really there

I’ve been burned by heat Drowned with snow But when it comes to fire… It’s something I never hope to know

They danced

much longer than crewfew

Learning the light

So the plain things

Are plain to see.

Rotting wildflowers.

Rage and passion blend into a bleeding sunset.

Goodbyes that sound like

Death toll.

The beat of a drum

Right on que.

Somebody new.

Not trying to get burned before

The cold sets in.

I reached my hand out in the dark.

You handed me a knife.

You watched while I cut our ties.

Broken and frayed,

Irreversible.