Swimming in the Fire
A short coming of age love poem.
When I had my first taste of love
I was just a wide-eyed kid.
And I’d have never thought that there was anyone
to make me feel the way you did.
Cause I was young
and couldn’t know
the passions that were soon to flow,
until I fell into the fire.
Now I had been with plenty other guys in town
But they were full of childish games.
And when I met you baby
I was glad to find
that your love was not the same.
Cause you showed me
the woman I was
and not the girl I used to be.
That’s when I fell into the fire
How can my body be inflamed
while swimming in love like this?
And every single part of me
is wet from your moist kiss.
How am I surrounded by these flames
yet drowning in your love?
The situation makes no sense
but fits me like a glove.
So when I claim I’m drenched in heat
You must think I’m a liar.
But I say to you honestly
I’m swimming in the fire.