"Burning"

"Burning"

by:

Virgilio F.De leon Jr.MD

I

I ask that you don't look at me

while you dance where you are 

Sometimes it just proves to be too much

and I find longing for that touch

II

But I send these feelings way below

and I know that they become fuel

Outside I look so impassive

Inside I am burning like a coal.

III

You spark me without saying anything

all you need to do is exist

I sit here and look at you

and all these things just go and consume me

IV

And here I am burning

till I become a small ember

And the longing once again passes

only to return when I remember.

Optum Bldg.N , Quezon City 07/31/18 6:59am