Fire

Fire, fire burning bright,
In the lanky forest of the night,
In this body of thirst,
In this forest called love.

Love burned bright,
Cast away the spell of lust,
The dandelions of passions burst,
Where we ran in the burning forest of love, hurt.

The world turned around,
The roles switched,
The life, which we had isn’t,
Now, there’s only you and me, and this fire.

The fire creeps through our bodies,
Burns in our veins,
Takes over our world,
Before we know, we’re burned inside each other.

© Ashraf Shaikh.