fire.

flames that engulf, and smoke that chokes
embers spit fire like verbal cannons
singe, burn through the first layer
slowly eat away what lays below
the hidden secrets of distrust exposed

feet dance upon hot coals
peeling away the protective humanity
called skin
slowly feeding upon an inevitable fate
from the outside, searing within

imprint of thought branding organs
with an inferno of heat
catch that rhythm, catch your fall
catch that beat

screams becomes songs of apology
as reality sinks into bubbled flesh
that scars
that bleeds
that tears

i wish you
were never here.