Fury

The uncompromising hand of warmth takes all without mercy or pity, destroying the evidence of its deeds as it goes. No escape today.

 

The intermittent flicker of blinking blue; today it is the color of hope.

But can it be seen from here?

A ravenous envelope of red and yellow fury has consumed all that has opposed its path.

Teddy bears burn in abandoned bedrooms with an ominous light….

 

A cloud of deathly grey rampages eerily from room to room, a silent killer.

Heralding the arrival of Lucifer’s warm embrace.

None have time to tremble or flounder, dying softly in a frenzy of flame.

The progressing palm of hot demise spreads wider and grows angry.

 

Further perish without notice.

Long standing structural integrity is compromised hastily, as beams break, pillars crumble.

Solid walls become solid no more, giving up their secrets.

A contained Armageddon.

 

All within are merrily roasted as the abiding oxygen stokes the flames of fate.

Families grow slighter lives are doomed to impending agony and loss.

No remorse here, burning with an almost carnal insatiability.

Licking at the tender flesh.

 

Flesh.

Flowing steaming, liquid flesh.

More flesh is sacrificed at the altar of natural atrocity.

The world has ended today, for all, to be found here…

 

Reviews

[Phoenix]

I think it is soft and I like the way it flickers and flows like the flames it depicts. I feel, just like the flames, I could lose myself if the depth of it trying to understand something that doesn't want to be understood.
Loved it.

[Brett Pritchard]

Why thank you Phoenix for your kind review.
I feel sure that you would (like your namesake) rise from the flames unscathed.

Thanks for reading

BP

[Brett Pritchard]

It definitely isn't just about a building with people inside burning down.
It's replete with metaphors. There's some sensual suggestions in there, could also be a representation of the woes of the world bringing us all down eventually....

[Phoenix]

Thank you, I would like to think that every time I burn down I rise stronger than ever.

read moreThank you, I would like to think that every time I burn down I rise stronger than ever.

I do love that about the poem.

[Onku Ghosh]

A little gory but nicely penned thoughts.I noticed it is typed in red & brown......the color of fire ?

[Brett Pritchard]

Thank you for your kind review. Gory yes, but intentionally so. Death is brutal.
The color of fire? Well, that yes, but I'm also invoking death and decay and desolation with the color choice too. I just thought it added a little something.

Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to read my work and give me your views.

Thanks!

BP