Amidst the growing chaos

in the recesses of my mind

a tiny flame is burning

for reasons yet to find

each day it grows stronger

brighter, hotter still

creating such a longing

an emptiness to fill

nothing can contain it

out of all control

it burns deep within me

for reasons i don’t yet know

I seek to find its meaning

i cry deep in the night

to solve this burning mystery

has now become my plight