Eternal Flame

I have been drinking

gasoline my entire life…

unknowingly, maybe.

I have felt warmness

in people, places, activities.

Sometimes the warmth

felt comfortable,

as if I was settling

in a life that I could find

pleasant, yet regretfully

looking into myself

for fulfillment.

Then there was you-

a firecracker,

a match,

a flame that touched

my mouth

under stars burning

shared stories.

With remnants

of the fuel on my lips,

you set my body ablaze.