I Saw the Fire

I saw the fire! I saw it!
I felt its icy flames curl around me.
If the ground beneath me would only give out
I could fall!
But this ground is so solid,
So resistant to variation
That the inferno that rages over it
Covers it in soot, but does nothing
To change its nature.
If only I could fly or fall or die
I wouldn’t have seen that fire.
Say that you care.
Say it!
I want to hear those words come from your mouth.
And though I know they have no foundation
At least my naïve heart will rest.
At least it will rest while the world freezes over
And my thoughts are reluctantly imprinted on time.
Just in time. Just in time.
Before the fire erases my mind.
I’m weak now, but my thoughts are strong.
If only the ground would fall.