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Fire; friend or foe?

This is written from the perspective of fire itself, as an element or as a person. it's up to you how you interpret it.

By Vanshikha TrivediPublished about a year ago 1 min read

I burn and I cry

Tears stream as the world catches fire

I didn’t mean to do it, it’s all undefined

I wish the world was more kind

Kind as it is to water

Sees it as salvation and not destruction

I try to provide warmth but all that is seen are people dying

Oh how I wish the world was more kind.

Run! Scatter! Everybody screams and no one stays

To watch me bleed after all I’ve slain

The irony of it all is truly baffling

And I keep wishing for a world

That isn’t mine.

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