The Lighter

   I was left in a cold winter, abandoned alone

   I always loved fire, however, I never knew how to ignite one

   You stepped into my life as a warm, burning bonfire in the middle of a cold gloomy winter

   And immediately, I got attached to you as if you were a candle in an endless pitch-black void.

   You showed me the warmth and sparks of life that I was missing out

   You taught me how to love and feel good about myself

   You taught me how to create a fire by igniting a lighter

   And now that you're gone, I couldn't even hold a lighter

   I couldn't even come across a belief of ever feeling that same warmth again or surviving any longer without it.

   Now that you're gone, all that's left are the ashes of the promises we made together

   All that's left is an endless deafening silence between us of the forgotten things we never said

   All that's left are the fragments of memory paralysing me

   All that's left are the million shattered and crumbled pieces of my heart that I'm still trying to find.