Ashes
A poem about running away for the "Instructions for Disappearing" Challenge
I want to disappear,
Fall to pieces,
Forget everyone who ever had claimed to loved me.
I want to run away,
Far.
Fast.
Set fire to who I once was,
Watch the pieces of my life burn down with regret.
Start fresh somewhere new,
Create a life I'm proud of from the ashes that remain from the flames,
Pack a bag,
Hell.
Pack the trunk of my broken-down SUV.
Pick a few moments of a life that I'm not proud of to keep.
A book of memories.
A fragment from a life that I truly haven't lived.
I just want to run away.
Keep myself alive for another day.
Self-preservation so to speak.
Burn this life to the ground.
My new one awaits.
Till the sirens behind me catch up.
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So beautiful! I felt this one! “Set fire to who I once was.” Although I have made a home where I currently stay, burning myself down and transforming into the next phoenix has been something I’ve begun to fall in love with.