lake and fire

          the night is young, the air warm. the moon playing with us, hiding behind the clouds and suffering when least expected. the lake is calm and untouched for even beneath the surface of the water the fish sleep and the frogs are at rest. the birds nest in the trees, making not a sound. its all so quiet, everything asleep like this. can we not stay like this forever? i, in ur arms, u holding me tight to your heart. tell me, oh please? must the sun come up tomorrow, must the animals of the world awaken? shall we go on and forget this night, indulged owrs self back into the human world? they all seem so far away, lost in time as we are here, floating through space and time, i in ur arms, u in mine. look up, the stars. they're saying hello! its all so peaceful, my sole it at rest. if i am to die now, no regret is to be made. i, i think i shall become one with the air. sleep, it beckons me near. i think ill just dri....

         wh-where am i? its so warm. the sun is on my face. no, not sun, fire. theres fire. i- i can't see. i can't move. am i dead? no, wait, i can hear something, someones calling my name. robert, is that u?

          "hosanna!" a boy screams, flames fly across the land, in every direction. the trees are on fire, smoke is in the air. the grass is starting to catch, raising its itself to the rocks. its leaps with burning energy, going into the sky. "hosanna, get up! now! we have to go!" the girl awakens and looks around, trying to adjust to what is happening. no time to scream, she takes the boys hand and starts running towards the lake without even thinking. they approach to where they hid their boat only a few hours earlier. the boy, how is obviously more awaken then his companion smothers the flames that leap at the boat and hurries hosanna to get in. he pushes the boat into the water with all his force then jumps in. hosanna, finally waking up to realizes what was happening starts asking about a jillen questions at once. "robert! what's going on? who did this...? what the...? robert!". "hosanna, i don't know. if i did i would tell u, promise. hosanna darling, calm down, it going to be all right."

         the two drift towards the center of the lake, fire all around them. the air was so full of life, burning hatred life. it whipped and jumped at the air. it was all u could see for miles around, the hot fire consuming everything it touched. "so what do we do now?" hosanna asked, calmer now than before, but scared. "we, um.. we wait here till morning" robert began,  the fire has to run out if ful eventually, right? and look, we'll be safe, for i doubt that water can burn. we'll be ok, i promise". and at that, the gal eased up a little, yet still a bit tense.

         they sit in silence, arm in arm once more. the birds are gone and the fish hid away. the fire is everywhere, filling the silence with its horrible cracking of hatred. is was warm all right, and bright, oh so very bright. ripples occasionally formed in the water from the boat as it drifts in an almost inhumanly world of fire. it was night, but the couple seemed restless, for what is one to do when stranded on a boat surrounded by fire. the air was tense and they were afraid of it. the morning was near and all they could do was listen to the fire and feel the rocking of the boat. they had no control of anything, all they could do was drift.