I have fought countless battles, many against myself, some against others, and at times for my life. Although most wounds have healed, I bear scars that won’t seem to go away or even fade, I hold memories that haunt me day after day, dreams that have fallen and decayed, and a pain that I fear will only end at the grave. I have loved and sacrificed and still left betrayed, I have given and not received, but still believe in generosity, I have been hated and judged, still I have compassion to those who condemn me, I have shifted paradigms, yet I’m still abandoned and led estray.

Lead me to the open arms I can fall into, wrapping me in them so tightly, where I can fall apart, showing all that’s within my heart, giving it freely and in return, they truly love me. Let me be ingulfed in the fire, burning away the false identity within me, revealing the true and whole me, allowing me to look within and gaze upon purity. Let me feel the fullness of a forever love, the warm and softest touch of a loving desire, and to live with an unquenchable fire.