My Fire

I lit a match

Started a fuse

I call it life

I didn’t choose.

I made him mad

Brought him to the edge

Then I cried

Made a pledge.

Everyone watched

My fire burn

They liked it all

Until it was their turn.

One life hangs in the balance

While another is off course

A chance at stealing my fire

Made her life even worse.

Does he forgive?

Will he forget?

Will he remember

The day we met?

When the chances of life

Took him away

My fire ended

I lost my way.