Burn

You keep me close enough
so I fall in love with you
over and over
and just far enough away
where you can still reach me
to break my heart
a thousand times

Like any hungry animal
I go for the bait
naive
to the sharp hook
waiting to bloody my cheek
and yank me out of my waters
where I can no longer breathe

I've died
so many times
I've lost count
I guess I've not learned the lesson yet
This time,
what bloody mess will I become?
what grovelling fool?
what lovesick dog
chained to my own unquenched desire
howling into the night?

Maybe this time,
just maybe,
I will finally learn
not to throw myself
into your fire
but rather,
to seek the luminescent waters
where I can swim
and swim deep
down into the center
of my own beautiful soul

So, when you're ready
to stop fucking around
you can find me here
and maybe join me
if I let you.