Words Like Fire

The room grew smaller with every line
The air grew heavy with every word
What seemed forgotten was suddenly alive
Speaking with a force no one could ignore

Years of silence shattered in a single moment
Certainties collapsed without a sound
The mirror had been lifted
And no one liked what they found

Promises abandoned
Warnings set aside
Truth exchanged for comfort
Generation after generation

The pages did not whisper
They accused
Every altar
Every compromise

Every sacred thing
Left behind
Every step away
Recorded in the lines

No enemy stood at the gate
No army crossed the land
Yet judgment filled the chamber
Like thunder before the storm

The danger was never hidden
Only ignored
Words like fire
Burning through the years

Words like fire
Calling through the tears
Words like fire
No place left to hide

Some truths comfort
Others wound
This one did both