This Heart-Like A Caged Crucifixion Poem by Fired Heart

Do you wish me to bare the scares of my soul;
To strip me down, to stand and watch me bleed?
I’ve lived in this vacuum for so long, clean of love,
Nurturing and protecting an abandoned seed.

I can feel these nails of passion burning hard
As they break through the skin on my hands and feet.
And as the vines close tightly around my heart
The tide is rising fast in these vast, forgotten seas.

Do you dare to fare across these waters alone,
Perilous and cold as they have grown to be?
Are you brave enough to endeavour to tame me,
But let me go if my wings need to fly away and be free?

How I have longed to feel this flame burning inside;
A storm has swept past a lonely mountains’ peak.
I am a soft white orchid transformed into a deep red rose.
A silent voice I had rejected is remembering how to speak.

But I am no fool, what is given can quickly be taken away,
A hot, long, day will always give up to the cool, dark night.
Once I have shown you all that I am you may leave me,
And this scarred little bird will spread her wings in fast flight.

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