Today I burned myself
To know if I feel the pain
A tingling sensation to a heedless bane
Still kept my hand over the flame
My nerves twitched while blood kept on flowing
Heart said to burn bright to attract the strays
Mind questioned, do they even deserve the same?
Have been punishing close ones through the heart
Then why hurt the brain?
Burned flesh slowly stretched as the fire grew weak
Fell back once for the pain to stop yearning
As I kept falling, the wound slowly healed away
Maybe next time, I don’t get to burn myself.

~Ink Phantom