Black smoke, billow up
Roof aflame, scorched and black
Rafter falls and breaks my back
Painless and abrupt.
Limp and stifling, watch the hell
I cannot move to save myself.
See you crawl on hands and knees
Hear you cough and wretch below
Vomit just to clear your throat
Gasp, and search for me.
Trapped and covered, who could tell?
I cannot cry to save myself.
Madness– overwhelming heat
All hope has fled now with my strength
What greater irony of fate
This, after my conceit.
My blood pools under where I fell
I cannot rise to save myself.
Closer now, the flames will creep
No answer to your frantic hails
The smell of burning flesh prevails
Your scream pierces the deep.
Darkness comes to claim my health
I’ve failed to save you, and myself.
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