The Flame

Your every word is a brand,

Sizzling and permanent,

Claiming every speck of my mind.

As yours to keep.

And each word burns me,

Hotter and hotter,

An internal inferno within me

Searing the surface of my consciousness.

Slowly turning my thoughts to cinders.

Until nothing remains

But a single, smoldering flame,

Forever burning, among the ashes

For you.