Deep in my chest
A bleeding light
No one can see it
Small and bright
Holding the shadow
Of solitude
Still it burns
Inside my night
Like fallen leaves
Set into flame
A quiet flicker
Without a name
Even when I pretend
It’s gone
It never fades
It carries on
Press it down
Hold it tight
Still alive
In the night
A flame I cannot hide
Deep inside
Shining through
Behind my tears
It’s burning
True and blue
Even if it never
Takes the stage
This heat remains
I can’t deny
Exposed to the cold wind
Unprotected
Beneath the ash
It’s glowing slow
The more I learn
What weakness means
The stronger grows
The undertow
Even pain
I never speak
Turns itself
Into light
From a heart
I thought was sealed
Little sparks
Begin to spill
Falling softly
Through the dark
Tiny fragments
Of a start
A flame I cannot hide
Quiet but
Burning deep
Lighting up
My lonely nights
While I weep
This light I cannot
Hold inside
From my chest
It sets me free
I don’t have to look strong
As I am
That’s enough
This trembling pulse
Is proof of life
The flame is still
Right here
Under ash
Waiting
A flame I cannot hide
Even now
Shining through
No matter how dark
I’ll break through
Even if I lower
My eyes
This living light
Will rise
Like a fire
Of fallen leaves
Quiet
But never gone
A hidden flame
Still breathing