My insides feel like fire.

 

A fire that never stops burning.

 

Sometimes new firelighters are added to the blaze,

scorching my organs,

causing damage and pain.

 

And just when I think the fire is out,

just when I think it’s been extinguished,

dry wood gets added to the burn.

 

It starts all over again, never stopping.

Ashes flying, floating and spreading further.

Damaging the soft tissue that is moist with health,

to be blackened and burnt with torment.

 

I am on fire.

 

My insides are on fire.

 

I am burning,

and no amount of water is putting me out.

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-12th July 2021