Ignite -

Once I felt the warmth of a falling tear,

I thought I’d understood what kindness was,

But why do I continue to cause pain,

Giving birth to more hatred.

This pain creaks and groans, but the strength it’s given me,

Will someday gently envelope the future.

Take aim at this paradoxical world and pull the trigger without hesitation,

Gently embracing this sadness covered in red tears,

Just as impulses ringing aloud, changing to the sound of a new beginning.

A twisted noise fills my ears,

As a memory gnaws away inside my head,

But if I turn to face it and end up standing still,

Not a single thing will change.

The shaking voice of my heart is surely wasting away,

So before those palely shining flame disappears,

I’ll face the version of myself cowering here, and let loose without fear,

Believing in tomorrow and blasting through that door

that’s been rusted shut,

Just as strained emotions ripping through a silent night.

Falling stars flash,

And the world is born again,

Once we see the curtains open upon the night sky,

Take aim at this paradoxical world and pull the trigger without hesitation,

Gently embracing this sadness covered in red tears,

Just as our impulses ring aloud, changing to the sound of a new beginning.