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You were fire


You were fire
When there was nothing but darkness
You warmed my heart
You made me whole again


I felt almost human
In a world that had betrayed me
A world that had taken a young heart
And turned it to dust


And then I saw this burning light
A light that was so close
And yet so far away
Calling me toward it


It was you
You saved me
-Katie Civitelli, 2019

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