Everything is tainted -
But that's not the right word,
Neither is touched,
Or any other word I can think up -
By him

Reminding me
How easily he slipped from my life,
And not just him
But others as well.

It brings to mind
How easy it would be
To just
Cease,
To slip from other's lives
Bit by bit
And then just
Cease to be.

I know there are those
That would chase after me.
But people tend to give up
When a battle cannot be won.

But then I remember
I belong to El Shaddai
And the all-consuming fire
So I cannot allow this little spark
To fizzle out and die
With a whimper
Rather than a bang.

I may not burn
Here on Earth
For as long as some,
But it's my duty,
My right,
To burn twice as bright.