I just want to be me again

The cold has set in
For I am all alone
All I ask for is warmth
All I ask for is love

I try to bundle up
To fight the chill
No matter what I do
It reaches in for the kill

I know I am worthy
I know that I am
It is within my reach
Yet, I can't extend out my hand

I want it, yet I fear it
For it is safer where I am
For the fire will burn
It will sear and it will singe

I will be warm
Yet, filled pain
For while I am in the cold
I am numb to the strain

Unlike a moth to a flame
I don't want to die
I want to be safe
I want to be free

I just want to be me