Who Lasts Longer?

I keep walking on fire!

My soles, burning!

As I bleed from my heart,

and see my blood falling.

Every drop tries to douse the fire

extinguish it from flaring,

and me from diminishing.

 

I do not lose my control,

Neither my consciousness.

I watch me bleed,

and I watch me burn.

And I tell myself

To be brave,

strong and resilient,

“You cannot give up,

You have got to fight

There’s light on the other side”

 

The sky turns red with pain

and I look it in the eye.

I try hard not to blink

So, if it were death

Let it see in my eyes too,

let it know I’m not scared.

 

I’ve made a fire in me,

That which can never be put off.

My eyes glittering bright,

brighter than the simmering,

the one beneath my feet.

I take a sigh of relief,

and a tear drop falls,

straight onto the ground.

And I hear it fizzle.

Steam rises from that fall,

as though whispering,

“It’s over!

You’ve reached the edge,

Don’t stop or you start over”.

 

I assure it, I won’t.

Another tear drops!

My blood now acts a purifier.

The fire subsides.

Blood still flowing across,

proving my worth and purity

at the same time my valour,

Testing the nerve of fire

and its fierceness.

As though challenging,

“Let’s see who falls first

or better, let’s see

who lasts longer…”

VEDIKA