Elegy for the Flame (Reflection and Mourning)

[Verse 1] I lit the match with shaking hands And watched the night forget its plans The smoke rose soft, like lullabies But all it sang were bitter lies [Verse 2] You were the spark that didn’t fade The heat I feared, the ghost I made Now every ember feels like guilt And every glow reveals the silt [Chorus] So sing, you ash — you silent pyre You burned too true, too dark, too high I gave you breath, you gave me pain Now all I write’s an elegy for flame [Verse 3] The fire taught me how to bend But never how to mourn the end It danced so close — it kissed my skin And branded all I kept within [Bridge] If I could hold the blaze once more Would it consume… or just restore? Was it a gift, or was it cost? A thing I loved, or something lost? [Chorus] So sing, you ash — you noble wound The night remembers what we ruined You shaped my voice, you scorched my name And still I sing—an elegy for flame [Outro] It flickers still, beneath the scar A whisper faint, but burning far And I — I breathe, and speak your name In every silence... still, your fl