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Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn

December 8, 2011
By kathrenjh GOLD, Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota
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Explosive and brutal; its what you are
Burning with intensity of hatred
Your life is so short and seen from afar
Me, be with you? I would rather be dead

The scalding pain, I think I'd rather drown
Your color, so horrifyingly gross
The sweltering heat pulls me quickly down
Surround and suffocate, you are too close

Bubbling and boiling, the roasted stench rise
Flesh deteriorating from the bone
Let the blackened smoke fly high to the skies
Let the ugly ashened insides be shown

Let it burn, let it burn, smoldering fire
Don’t take me as the red flames rise higher

© Peter R., Mercer Island, WA

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