Burning

Engulfed by flames

Wood twisting in broken harmony

Glass windows shattering from heat

I shatter in disbelief

Watching... just watching

Fire licking at her heels

Emerging--slowly--without fear

She laughs: covered in gasoline

Ignition brings the laughter into screams

And I fall into the grass

Crying, as sirens ring in the distance.

Ama! Ama!

But she does not answer

And the world is quiet

The crackling dies down; there lies a pool of ash.

The world I know has exploded

And I run to her, no flames left

But somehow, one inside me

One crushing flame as I run to her--

--but she is gone.

Men come behind me and try to pull me away

Grabbing my arms, but I grab harder

Dragging her through the smoking remains

They won't let me go, but I cannot feel them

I cannot feel anything

The world is chaos, but I choose to stay