Ignorance is Bliss

The flame wasn’t bright

Didn’t cast shadows on the walls

Didn’t flicker and snap like the others

Didn’t even try to entice me with warmth

It just lay there, endlessly flaming.



It’s lack of allure

Was exactly what drew me in

Was what kept urging me to nurture it

Was how it convinced me there was so much more

Though it just sat, endlessly burning



Finally it grew

Until I was bathed in it’s glow

Until I drowned in devastating heat

Until all I could see, hear, think, feel was flame

Surrounding me, endlessly growing



So I let it in

I let the flame seep through my skin

I let it course through my innocent veins

I let it merge with my soul to become one

Inside of me, endlessly needing


And I hid nothing

It soaked up all of my secrets

It dove to the darkest depths of my mind

It figured me out, so I took off the masks

Consuming me, endlessly wanting


But then it grew still

Didn’t like what it discovered

Didn’t want what it’s light had shined upon

Didn’t need my help to burn bright anymore

So it left me, endlessly breaking


And now here I am

Wishing I'd never helped the flame

Wishing I hadn't felt the warmth it brought

Wishing I didn’t know what I’m missing, so

I wouldn’t wait, endlessly loving