Heat And Pressure

Published: August 23, 2026

Sometimes it feels as if my inner-self has been cast into a pit of fire within me

I know that I put myself there, and lit the fire

To hide and shelter from the world

It started on level ground, in green pastures

Each time I forsook myself for others I dug a little deeper

As I dug deeper into my life, the pit began filling with noxious, flammable fumes

Until one day

Heat and pressure resulted in combustion

Immolation followed, and losing myself became inevitable