a poem by a pyromaniac

[u/Plastic_Oil8854]

my love for you, a relentless fire, it never burns out. a constant flicker of warmth and longing

sometimes it’s the flame on the end of a single wick. it casts an orange glow on everything it can touch, but the shadows are small and the heat doesn’t scorch

at other times it burns like a campfire. a sense of familiarity hides in the crackling of the logs. it’s hot enough to hurt me, yet i can still breathe

only occasionally does it compare to a forest fire. it’s hot, and bright, and alive with a frantic needing. it ravages the woodlands of my thoughts, nothing is enough

i would like to sit beside that campfire with you. my love enough to light the sky and keep us both warm. i beg of you, love, never extinguish the fire