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Fire

Voices scream inside my head
Echoes pound and beat me into submission
Each gasp shatters the night
A single match struck
The heat of fire burns
Sucking out the oxygen
Til I open a window
Whoosh! Backdraft
Blinding violet followed by red
Lines etched into my canvas of shame
Can anybody see me?
In time, would they have peeked
At what was happening?
This life whispers goodbyes
Until the smokey embers glow
There's no more fire, just
M E
And your memory

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