Cauterize

My heart is a fire, and it burns all alone. A litany of questions. It's always there, every single moment of every single day: this driving need. You left me speechless, and then the world collapsed around us, plurality of endings. Just rip me open, exposed to all you do, there's nothing I have not endured, the extremes I have been through. I have tried to see this through, if this is letting go, can I begin anew? There's truth in understanding, but loss is all I see, and yet I must find a way to burn you out of me. The ache of a loss of something I never had. Yet another bridge to cross, just a fiction in my mind, once again the act of yearning consumes all of my time. So I pull it a part, broken pieces no longer fit together. Faced with a cycle without end, this bond I sever. You left me speechless, then the stars dimmed in my eyes, I could not feel beyond my heart, trading honesty for lies. And then the world collapsed around us, reality ending here in this moment, and then the world came crashing down. Yet another bridge to cross, (to burn you out of me) just a burden in my mind, (to burn you out of me) moving through this pain and loss (to burn you out of me) as I burn. There's truth in understanding, but loss is all I see, and so I must find the strength to burn you out of me. A cleansing act of parting with this old agony. And so I embrace the loss and burn you out of me. A cleansing act of parting. A cleansing act of parting. A cleansing act of parting.