I used to burn,
With fervor and ferocity
Wickedly thrashing my smoldering tongue
Melting away
All your sordid
Imperfections.
With a flame so intense
I would blind myself
To all of your wrongs.
You'd write them off
As pecadilloes,
And pick me fragrant flowers,
Presenting a bouquet of
Nervousness and lies
Underneath the weary willows,
Who weeped for me,
Although I didn't know why.
I was vibrant then,
Still blistering and fierce.
Burning you, and you savored it.
Elated, in a lover's perdition.
Exhausting my resources,
Extinguishing my flame.
You savored it.
Until I was nothing but ash,
Dancing around you with the wind.

I used to burn
Uncontrollably
With hunger,
You fed me until
I had enough.
Then you left
Me there,
Snuffed.

-SLuR