Hayden Thorpe
Burning
I'm saved

You pull my fingers out the dirt
You pluck me wriggling from the world

I'm saved

You cast me up into the wind
You shuck my body from its skin

I'm saved

Fire licking at the walls
You drag me burning across the coals

I'm ashamed

Lying fallen on some stair
Clutching at the empty air

I'm awake

I see you walk to the room
Do the thing I couldn't do

I'm afraid
My burning footprints on the floor
Things I don't need anymore

I'll wait
I'll wait
I'll wait