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The Witch Fires
Burn me like a witch.
Melt my skin.
Engulf me in flames of certainty.
I’d far prefer that to the bleak reality
that I have been imprisoned
in a perpetual house fire that will forever blaze around me,
but refuse to steal the breath from my lungs
and drown me in a cloud of smoke.
I see your smoldering hands begging to
wrap my throat and finish me off
but you are only a coward
who derives his power from harsh words.
Must I tie myself to the stake?