a carefree soul is tossed into the bouldery flame
thinking that the heat will make it a diamond
what it finds is that the heat is hot, and burns
and though pain sometimes brings joy,
hell is hot.
;
struggling to survive the endless onslaught
it fashions itself into a fiery coal
warning others not to touch
and to leave it to suffer on its own
;
it burns, waiting for man or God to save it
but finds that its only salvation lies within itself
angry, it burns against the Universe
and so turns its back on those who try to help
;
alone it continues
not seeing the water it so desperately craves
and, accepting its fate,
it burns towards its center
folding in, and disappearing into ash.
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03-16-20