To Burn

(1991)

Pent up passion
          pressing to be poured out
          from a heart so full
                    it is empty;

Praying for an outlet
          of expression to accept
          offerings from within
                    to without;

Pleading for release
          from the ravages
          of unrequited desire.

Left in silence.

Hoping for hatred
          instead of apathy.
For in this hate
          there is hope:
                    an acknowledgment of existence.