Ahead, a fiery trail blazes brightly

Flames dance in the night’s embrace

Whispering secrets, calling my name

Is this the game we choose to chase?

For who am I to unveil your mysteries

Just a wanderer lost in the night

No longer willing to put up a fight

The heat caresses my skin, a lover’s delight

A tantalizing dance of pleasure and pain

What a shame

I don’t know the way

Yet my steps are guided by fate’s sway

Amidst burning embers and swirling smoke

I question, am I the punchline of this joke?

Still, I press on toward the inferno’s heart

For its flames have woven into my being

Consuming every trace of personal desire

Leaving only the echo of longing in its wake.

-Seyan Washoma