"Never Ending Flame" by Charlie Luttrell

Never ending flame 

Not an hour goes by  

where you aren’t in my thoughts—  

a relentless fire burning,  

never dimming, never cooling.  

Not a night without dreams of you,  

where you haunt my sleep,  

a ghost I cling to,  

because letting go would plunge me  

into a darkness I can’t bear to face.  

Your face is carved into my mind,  

each smile, each glance,  

an ember that keeps me alive  

and drives me mad all at once.  

I can’t escape you,  

and I don’t want to—  

the flames consume me,  

but in the heat of your memory,  

I find the warmth I can’t live without.  

Even in the pain, there’s comfort—  

in the fire, there’s life.  

Loving you is my torment,  

but losing you would be my end.