please don't leave me.
i don't want to be alone again.
i don't want to hear the voices anymore.
i don't want to bottle everything up inside.
because you make me laugh.
you chase away the darkness
the way a candle pushes back the shadows.
but i'm afraid if i get too close--
too close to the warmth of your flame--
i'll burn.
all my walls of stone are flammable,
and nothing is safe from you.
so instead of drawing nearer to the light,
i shy away,
and try to bandage my wounds in the dark.
you beckon to me with soft yellow light,
making nostalgia flicker in my eyes
reminding me of myself--
before i had to hide.
please don't leave me.
i don't want to be alone again.
but i'm scared to death of burning--
scared to death i'll die.
