Consumed

You tried to break me
In the process of breaking yourself
You tried to break me

Back across knee
Pushing
Pushing so hard it snapped and cracked

Crackling like the fireplace
The burn as I fell into the flame
Flames that consumed me

But you see
They became me
One

One breath the saved me
Falling in ashes inhaling the smoke
It  didn't burn me

my chest did not heave
It did not tumble
But it consumed the smoke that was of flames

Those flames that had burned me
On the inside strength
Stronger

Strong enough to go
To be
Just me

A new definition
The love of alone
Free