you spit words
like acid from your mouth.
word that set my
soul aflame .
with each hurtful
word
you add gasoline to my fire
because baby,
admit it.
you love watching me burn.
and oh,
how I do burn for you.
i burn for you
till my charcoal skin
turns to ash
and is blown away
in the summer breeze.
i burn for you
till my heart is
charred
and no longer beating.
the fire
of your words
spreads
throughout my veins
scorching me
from the inside.
and I let it.
i let it
because
if i must burn for something
it might as well be love.
this love is hell, but it's all I know.
