Fire

"do not play with fire."

some said.

to hell with their notions, i say.

i will play with fire and steer it, 

and i say this with faith because 

i own its every wing and flame. 

i've harnessed and tied it 

by its feet and forearms.

listen to me when i say that

i will eat fire. 

i will chew fire.

i will fuck fire like no mistress ever 

to have spread her legs on my bed. 

i will embrace it and play with it

until it burns the nihilism out of my cynical cage, 

sculpted by the hands 

of cowardice and ungratefulness. 

i will fuel my fire

and dance around the ashes like a mad man. 

do not be afraid.

say to yourself, human,

"i am fire

and everything

it destroys, ever so magnificently."