The Darkness

Photo courtesy of Sharena Williams Photography

Mesmerized by the flames, it is not to light the which I am drawn but to the darkness beyond. I have passed beyond the flames, their heat searing my flesh, and it is to comfort that I look. Is there such a one who can sooth my pain?  One who can cradle me within their embrace and bath me in the salve of their affections?  I only know that though I pass through the flames a thousand times, it is to them whom I strive to seek refuge, and failing that, I will succumb to the flames allowing my heart to feed the blaze until it is committed to the ashes.