I'm best when I'm all I've got...

He takes a match and lights the biggest fire they have ever witnessed, then he simply stands there and watches it burn. There are no emotions running through his veins, no strands of regret vying their way up his spine. He is like a monument being erected from the ashes of every false hope he has ever given. For a moment there he truly believed that this time it would be different, that you'd be different, but as it turns out he cannot escape the simple truth that he will never be satisfied with the love he feels, the friends he has, and the dreams he conjures. There will always be a step beyond, a higher plane to explore, a greater life to achieve. He hunts for rejection, because it fuels his passion. He lusts for stories, so he doesn't have to fabricate them by himself. Yet the saddest part of all is that he does not want to change - at least not in ways that would matter. Or maybe deep down, he wants to change with all his heart, but is lacking the courage to let go, and accept happiness where it is offered for free. The answers are hidden somewhere dark, where sunlight has yet to breach, and perhaps never will.