Rekindled

I embraced the fire
To reclaim my spirit,
Which had been lost
Or rather, stolen
When I was very young.

I embraced the fire
To rediscover my heart
Which had become a stranger,
With passions foreign
And wild.

I embraced the fire,
Though I feared pain,
And ruin.
And the destruction
Of my residual self.

But what I feared more
Was to deny the blaze
And remain as I was.
Damaged and incomplete

I embraced the fire
To recover myself,
But what I found instead,
Was you.

And though my body was
Besieged by flames,
I did not blister,
Or burn.