Fire & Water

You kept my heart going
Kept the fire within burning
And the molten core in check
Without letting the passion fade

When you died the eco-system within
Went out of sync
One stray spark caused my heart to ignite
But without you here there was nothing to get the ensuing fire under control

What started as a spark
Is quickly becoming an inferno
And I’m beginning to suffocate
As the smoke engulfs me from within

The pain in my chest cripples me
As the fire not satiated by my heart
Spreads outwards
And cremates me alive

The pain is nothing short of excruciating
And as the fire reaches my lungs
It becomes impossible to breathe
Then it hits the oxygen within

I’m paralysed with pain
When the fire explodes from me
I expect to die, burned alive
But something unexpected happens

For, all the time I was preoccupied by fire
My pain was also flowing out of me
So much so
I was beginning to drown

When the fire broke from me
It wasn’t just met by oxygen
It was quenched
By a torrent of emotion