It spreads like a virus, 

enchants you like a spell, 

immerse you like water, 

fills you like a meal, 

wraps you like a blanket, 

shakes you like a cold, 

That’s the hold love has 

on you. 

Everyone makes the mistake 

thinking they can control it 

until they look at their scared hands

and the stench of burnt flesh 

wondering why on earth

they thought they could tame fire.