Burning

Photo by Chris Karidis on Unsplash

They say love
is like walking in to a house,
and realizing
you’re home.
But with him,
the house was on fire,
and I was on fire,
and everything
was on fire.
I knew
I should run,
but
I just wanted
to stay there
forever,
because
the flames
were my
favorite color.

© Gina Clingan 2017

From my book, Everything After, which can be purchased here.