Heat

As I dance barefoot across the ground let everything I know tumble down.

Red rolls across the ceiling like ember waves

hot and burning

reach for them

feel pain and power thrum through my fingertips

devastation I wish not to control

skin cracks and turns black

flaking off like dust and burning even more

in the red waves around me

it's a sea of red

a sea of red

as I dance barefoot across burning ground

let everything I know tumble down

it's the pits of hell

the gates of forsaken

angel feathers float through the air

burning dark, burning black

as my legs crumble

they're soot and smoke

fingers wrap tightly around a still cool hand

offered from no where, a friend of something strange

smoke invades my lungs as I breathe

skin works over bones and ribs and muscles

I am pulled free from a burning suffocation.

If only they knew I started the fire.

 

Author's Note

I drew this picture before of this girl standing in a room. There's a fire on one side of the room, a bloodthirsty demon on the other. The picture shows her putting her hands in the fire, and I got this idea for this poem from it. The "Friend from something strange" isn't the demon XD just...a hero, I guess.

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Reviews

[deeps]

angel feathers float through the air
burning dark, burning black
as my legs crumble
they're soot and smoke

Awesome lines here, This is one amazing wirte here
I enjoyed this write alot. It's powerful!

[Georgia Gypsy]

Powerful imagry. I am intriqued by the inspiration, and how you took it, wove it masterfully into a story, that captivated me.
Great job is what i think....
is the picture on deviant?....if it is i'll go check it out!