Lizzy Burnam 🐞

Write to rest your head 
Read to rest your hands 
Sleep to keep your wits about you 
Dream to understand 

Strike the match in anger 
Endure the flame reflected 
But strike to light the path to answer 
Heart and soul perfected 

Know that sometimes sympathy 
Is cruelty in disguise 
And “fire, will you walk with me?” 
An introductory lie 

Trust me, love will change your mind
About your winding road 
On mornings after, wake to find 
You were already home

You’ll surely learn this on your own 
In as much or little time 
Remember not to need the poem 
as bad as you need rhyme