Smoldering

Smoldering

On this lonely path I go.

I know I must

to leave behind bad memories

and the hell I have caused.

A fire still burns within me.

I liked that fire in the past

but did not realize what it had caused.

The path I am on is new, even different.

Different from the path of my fire.

This new path I must take is all on me.

No fire, no hell, no misery.

On this path I must smother

the fire that rages within me.

I must live without it.

But it is hard because with it is how

I cope.

It is my life source, my being, my companion.

I will learn to smother the fire.

Until I reach an end to my path,

my fire will be smoldering.