~Burning~

it's another
unfolding
another day
can't just be another
moment

respect me
I'm a
bullet undercover
coming out
of burnt ashes
bitter and sweet smoking
I'll be
whole again
I'll prove it
like I've never
been burning
in the
first place
this is not
worth pretending
it's good

step away
from my door
with your
harbingers
of shadows
too long
on the floor

I wish
I can
but I
just can't

no one
is getting blown
up today
I didn't
pay the
gas bill

~Sarah Mahina Calvello