Across My Mind

Fire and Ash

It was all in the fire,
My dreams,
My hopes,
Every chance I gave up.
It all took flame,
My regrets.
I lived a life I didn't know,
That I didn't own, yet.
Hiding things deep inside,
Stepping away.
Than setting it on fire.
I watched it catch,
Trying to hide away,
Things I knew I would never have.
Because I never chased that dream.
Acknowledged that hope.
Or took those chances.
They danced in the fire,
The fire I made,
With all of my regrets.
But they didn't burn,
They became scarred.
And they waited for me.
In the ashes.