This fire inside me,
Burning to be let out.
I dampen the flame,
Hiding it from view.
No one can find this inferno,
That I am so desperate to quench.
Yet it is still being fed,
By the very hand that created it.
My efforts are futile,
For there is no escape.
The scarlet glow is ever present,
Always at the edge of my vision.
Flames constantly licking at my brain,
Impossible to ignore.
The fire constantly singeing my thoughts,
Tainting every memory.
What this fire is sated by is beyond my reach,
For there is a great chasm between.
This fire inside me.