
You Are the Moth, I Am the Flame
i've met your kind before
dark and hollow
predictable yet intriguing
it always seems authentic
when it begins
the right words
gestures
movements
and stares
roll
off
of
you
as though
this were meant to be
but there is always that one moment
when you shift gears
and the light
hits your face
in just the right way
where i can see
that you are no good
for me
but even in the moment
where truth is born
i still find ways
to make myself stay
to believe the lie
to think that it is i
who can change you
why do i always want to change you?
how is it always your kind that finds me?
what is it about me
that wishes
to fix
what is broken?
maybe i'm broken too
and you see your other half
in me
but i am no half
no smaller part
of a whole
i am
the whole
thing
i only need me
you see
you are the moth
i am the flame
and i am learning
just as you have
to burn to ashes
all of which
no longer
serves me

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