Wildfire

i've been pushing and pulling

against myself again

i've become both

the raft and the tsunami

a torrent of waves

crushing me

underneath

the surface

and yet

i always become

the life vest

eventually i rise

anew

refreshed

awakened

pure

it is not you

who does this

to me

it is of my own doing

or rather

undoing

you lit the match

and now I am on fire

burning

blazing

aflame

and you can never

dim my light

again

because those who only wish

to fuel their own spark

can never fully blaze

you taught me how to burn

on my own

what was once a flicker

in your eyes

is now a wildfire

ebullient and unrestrained