Fire, there was fire.

And I got caught

in the flame of your words.

They burned... my eyes burned,

but tears remained unshed

until your back was turned.

These waters for years I've barred

came flowing fast and free;

no more a dam.

You hurt me with fire,

I answered with water.

But enough they were not

to extinguish this burning heat

you ignited in my heart.

Fire, there was fire.

You lit a flame, and I burned.

You didn't bother to douse it

even when my tears

asked you, just once, to turn.

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