This Fire

You don't understand
I'm thankful,
To you, but this feel
This emptiness
That now you call,
Me a fool,
I feel,
I am full.
I feel.

I am thankful,
To you,
For making me feel,
This fire
Again.
You don't understand,
Perhaps, I'm a fool
Or you are a fool
Perhaps, I didn't love you.
But I loved the fire,
You lit in me again.

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Gloria Nyagaka is Kenyan and just completed her Master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering.

She has been a writer for six years now. Her manuscript is the biggest project she’s ever done, a modern romantic thriller, is in the hands of her literary agent. It is a book that expresses great female characters and the strength of a woman at large. She mostly campaigns against women's violence and for freedom for women to choose. She also focuses on how great women have changed the world, Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. She is a swimmer, a swim coach, a Taekwondoka, a hockey player, and a dancer.