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Before The Fire

*** I learned the language of the earth Before your laws, before your words Where roots remember every scar And broken things know what they are They call my hands a dangerous grace Because I don’t beg saints for aid I only listen when pain speaks And give the lost back what they seek You came in iron, sworn and pure Certain of what you came here for But I saw doubt behind your eyes Before you ever saw my lies I was never your witch to burn Never a lesson left to learn No spell was written in your skin You walked to me, I pulled you in If love’s a sin, then let it stand I never cursed your trembling hands You fear my fire, but truth is this You chose the flame, you chose the risk The village sleeps, but they all know Which doors to knock when fever grows They trade their silence for my care And leave their crosses at the stair You ask me what I really am A healer, liar, both at once I see the war inside your chest Faith fighting what your heart confessed You think I wove you into fate But fear arrived a moment late I never called you to my side You came the night you stopped your fight I was never your witch to burn Never the truth you could unlearn No charm, no poison in my breath Just life that lingers close to death If love’s a crime, then speak my name I will not kneel inside your flame You fear my power, but truth is this You chose the fall, you chose the risk I knew the ending when you stayed Men like you don’t walk away The sword grows heavy when it knows The hand that holds it won’t let go So if they come with fire and blame Don’t save me just to kill your name Some stories live because they end Not every wound is meant to mend I was never your witch to burn Only a path you couldn’t turn No magic strong enough to bind A man already split in mind And if the ashes fall like rain Remember love without the chains I gave you truth, not destiny You came here human… not to judge me