A raging incandescing life swallowing the air
Towering blaze melting the new world it’s made
Wanting to go further, feeling only impaired
Sending words of encouragement to help persuade
My fearful mind to find the victim of the flame
Needing to stay calm or breathe to death
The rubber of my boots begin to alarmingly soften
This fire’s going to take me with its evil wrath
Reminding myself to be courageous too often
Not wanting to make a choice, I search further
Finally, the lifeless body only four yards away
The raging fire looking down at the body, smiling
The images of realizations are becoming macabre
Chances of escape are quickly deteriorating
All that’s left is the choice of two lives or one
Knowing it will eerily persist in my mind
I make the turn to leave as the ceiling caves
In my hesitation did I kill who I left behind?
Did I kill someone because I wasn’t brave?
My realistic fear to choose one or two comes true; I had to selfishly choose my own life over you
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