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.