Flame Test

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I burn those that love me,


Just a little bit,


Just to see if you're able to handle,


The darkness I'm dealing with,


Just to see if you melt,


When the temperature increases,


Just to see if you're in the game,


Or conspiring against me in the bleachers,


Just to see if I fall,


Whose there to kick me until I get up,


Just to see if I become evil,


Who'd poison my cup,


What I'm saying is,


I need human beings that I can trust,


People to carry the casket,


When I'm becoming dust.


~poetrybybruce

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