Fire

She could have waited until
he was in his bedroom
but she didn’t want him to die
in the fire or even
to know she lit the match;
she wanted only to destroy
the evidence, remove
the memory of a love he shared
there
with someone else –
it did not matter
who it was or
why it was
or how it was –
only that it was not with her,
who loved him with a might
known only to young girls,
loved him with fervor,
loved him with fierceness,
loved him with fire. 

March 10, 2013