HUNGRY FIRE  

Here is a debutante 

Burning on a hungry fire

That is sparkling and searing 

Chewing the nerves in her chest 

Gulping the blood in her spleen 

Though not satiated 

The fire is hissing like the sound a snake might make

Symbol of hungriness written on the wall of her hub

Designed by blue flames 

She feels the hungry fire burning and burning 

The fire to flow like water that flows in the ocean 

The fire to glow like a candle that glows in the dark 

The fire to sparkle like freshly fallen snow that sparkles in winter 

This fire is felt not seen 

I feel hungry fire burning in me too.

Aisha MLabo writes from Katsina, Nigeria and is a Law student of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Katsina, Nigeria.