Fire Alive
What must it feel like
To be burned all along your consciousness
To feel your senses ignite
Like a live wire as your skin
Slowly melts away to its hollow
Recesses, revealing pure white
Bone

Susan Hu is a writer, poet, editor whose works previously appeared in Lumen. She is a self-professed bibliophile and recent graduate from Towson University (with an M.S. in Professional Writing). She posts about her daily obsession with food on Instagram @moody_foodie_ and can be reached via email at [email protected].
Other Works
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