The idea
Keeps tugging at my heart
As she tells me
What they told her
This whisper of hope
In my everyday
Our everyday hell
And soon I burst
Overflowing with something
I've been hiding
For far too long
And I wonder
Why it doesn't set her
Heart on fire
Like it does mine
The whip like fire, too
Burning its marks
Into my back
Only feeding the flame
And somehow, they
Give me
Something to be
Thankful for:
They made her
Catch fire too