While I understand I didn’t follow the assignment the way everyone was instructed to do so—I took a more abstract approach to this assignment. For the record, this was completely unintentional. It came to me as I began writing. Instead of writing the same poem over again in a progressive drafted version, I created different poems that become stronger ways of saying, “I love you” without actually saying the words. The first thing I knew I wanted was to use the word “ineffable” because my love truly cannot be put into words. I then started to build a story with the poems, about a spark turning into a greater fire. I knew I wanted to end with a flame still burning as a metaphor for the love still going strong. I also knew I wanted to use the concept of rotting in hell for a love that is seen as “sinful” to certain religious beliefs. The beginning came to me pretty naturally after writing the ending. Starting it off as a spark was perfect, it’s simple and creates the idea of a chemical connection that has potential. Once I had my beginning and end figured out it was time to write the middle. I found this to be the most challenging because it meant I had to keep the story going to build a climax. It came to me eventually after doing a lot of yearning. I am very pleased with the outcome and insanely proud of myself.