Black smoke, billow up
\nRoof aflame, scorched and black
\nRafter falls and breaks my back
\nPainless and abrupt.
\nLimp and stifling, watch the hell
\nI cannot move to save myself.<\/p>\n

See you crawl on hands and knees
\nHear you cough and wretch below
\nVomit just to clear your throat
\nGasp, and search for me.
\nTrapped and covered, who could tell?
\nI cannot cry to save myself.<\/p>\n

Madness– overwhelming heat
\nAll hope has fled now with my strength
\nWhat greater irony of fate
\nThis, after my conceit.
\nMy blood pools under where I fell
\nI cannot rise to save myself.<\/p>\n

Closer now, the flames will creep
\nNo answer to your frantic hails
\nThe smell of burning flesh prevails
\nYour scream pierces the deep.
\nDarkness comes to claim my health
\nI’ve failed to save you, and myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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