Beware

The night held its breath

"And I found it to be a respite," I

"And then came you—

not loudly.

not suddenly,

but enough to be noticed.

A glow.

Soft.

Inviting

I told myself

The fact that “light cannot

Thus, I stepped forward.

All these seemed like purpose.

Each heartbeat, confirmation.

You didn't rush me.

“You never had to.”

You let me come voluntarily.

Warmth from you caressed my skin

like forgiveness.

I felt like I was being

Chosen

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"The darkness receded"

“as if it had never known me.”

I pushed aside the pain in my chest—

the quiet warning

that beauty is no guarantee of safety.

I leaned in.

Even closer than sense.

Closer than Wisdom.

I wanted to touch

what made me feel whole.

When I reached you,

you did not pull away.

Everyday basics: water

Not violently—

intimately.

“Fire does not scream while it is burning.”

It whispers.

By the time I understood,

Darkness had left my hands already been ash, which has already scorched mine. “You faded,” It always travels. And there I stood— awake, exposed, surrounded by what remained of me. There came back the dark, but it felt different now. It wasn't empty. It was honest. “From the embers of wanting, a spark I collected myself slowly. Carefully This time, I did not pursue the light. This time, I was taught to be it.)