Replay

 As I sit by the fireplace
It crackles quietly and roars
As I burn my memories onto it
It proceeds with its nightly calls
Flame by flame, cinder by cinder
Ashes to ashes, my memories render
Into the embers, and I see in the flames
My mistakes, my happy moments
They are on replay
It displays my bestowment
Of anger and rage
All my dues were paid
Yet I still owe the biggest debt
To me
Held prisoner by my own mind
Unable to set me free
No amount of bribes will let me go
Get up and leave
Instead I stare at the fireplace
Right in front of my eyes
And in the reflection of the residue
It flashed before and applied
Some torment to a closed wound
The memory opened it softly
But it still hurt through and through
And in the charcoaled mirror beyond the flames
I saw a burned up portrait of myself
It spoke to me beyond the veil
Told me to let go of my memories
Or nothing will be of any avail
And that scared me once, but not anymore
For I'm not afraid to wither away
Become ashes by the flames
As I hit the button again
And let the memories replay
Stuck in my past, trying to see
Where it all went wrong
And set me free
Once and for all