Captive Of Fire

• Cara Gleeson, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2009

Exhausted lungs struggle to inhale vital air
Choking on thick smoke, gasping in despair

Flames engulf your surroundings, there is no way out
Realising you are trapped, your life, you start to doubt

Smouldering ashes fall to the ground like pounding rain
But, instead of making the ground wet, it destroys terrain

Shades of orange flicker before your petrified eyes
Your ears hear the horrific screams and the frightened cries

Blazing heat is impossible to escape, sweat pours down your face
The fire now playing the game of death, it longs for your embrace

It taunts you with its winnings, setting your possessions alight
You watch years of memories disintegrate, all lost overnight

You are just another innocent victim, simply a captive of fire
You were merely an unlucky object of its ruthless desire