Inferno

 

 

Stretched out on my quilted bed

bathed in total darkness

Inside burns an inferno

Not one made by man, machine or nature

These flames flicker from the heart

eating from the inside

 

I crave to scream, but,

fear of flames flickering

‘cross my tongue

holds me silent

 

Each thought hurts to the core

trying to retrace my steps

remembering what once was,

and never more

 

I curl into a ball

to suppress this horrid sensation

but the flames sear open my flesh

and pour across my body

leaving the scars of a broken heart

 

The flames overtake the posters on my wall

Mere showings of my interests

Now, these portraits glare at my twisted figure

as I scream in curdled agony

 

Burning from the heart

I’ll bleed no more