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Fire, engulfs me

This wave of flame

Enclosing

Backed into this corner

Unable to say no

Stay back

Their calls for help

Reach out

I follow close

Find darkness

Stranded to this island

I'd hoped to pull them from

Caught inside

Inside

Inside

Inside my

Sense of self

Self worth gone

Priority no more

Cleanse my mind

I isolate

Dissolve this pain

Take hold my fate

Sheltered in place

I need this space

I'll find myself now

Alone at last

Ice, encased me

This frozen tomb

Unyielding

Held in place by pain unknown

Exhaustion only grows

Get out

Separate from disarray

Left to my own

Devices

Find my strength the chance to heal

Alone restored I

Break free now

Break free

Break free

Break free I

Cast aside

Chains unmade

Priority once more

Cleanse my mind

I isolate

Dissolve this pain

Take hold my fate

Sheltered in place

I need this space

I'll find myself now

Alone at last

Leave me alone

Alone