Love's fire

The whispers
of the fire
 reaches the ears

of the many

The compulsion
of the flames
 reaches around me

and I am caught

I want to touch
but I dare not
  for I know that

I will be burnt

The flames are love
the fire of Cupid
 it is still enough

I reach for it

I am tortured
in perfect bliss
 but it soon ends

I am hurt

Off to another
Like an ember to air
 or a fish to water

I am an addict