A Quiet Kind of Fire

A Quiet Kind of Fire

It didn’t start loud, no, it never does

Just a flicker beneath the breath a gathering dust

I told myself it’s just one thing, a shift, a change

But the mirror stayed cruel and I stayed the same

So I packed my heart in silence

Left the lights on in my head

And I blamed it on a feeling

That no one ever said

It was a quiet kind of fire

Burning slow beneath my skin

Not for war, not for desire

But to feel something again

I lit the match and watched it start

A rush of blood, a tired heart

And I was gone before the end

Chasing somewhere I could mend

Like fog that wraps around the will

I moved my life like moving stone

But every step still felt alone

Begin the way you meant to

But what if I began in smoke?

What if I learned to love the glow

Of burning bridges I once hoped?

It was a quiet kind of fire

Not a scream but just a crack

A whisper saying "go now"

With no promise to come back

I let the flame rewrite my name

The ash was soft, the loss the same

And all I had to call my own

Was the heat beneath the bone

For the me I left behind

To arrive like morning grace

Unburned, unbound, and kind

But it swallowed all I knew

Now if you find me by the lane

Don’t ask for who I used to be

The smoke has cleared, the rage is done

And what remains is finally me