Fanfare / Fire Poem

"There's only one way out! Go bathe yourself in fire!"

And I was lying in the grass by a river

And as I lay, the grass turned to sand

And the river turned to a sea

And suddenly, the sea burst into flames

And the sand was burning

And I breathed in

And there was smoke in my lungs

And there was fire in my brain!

And I looked around me

And there were all these shapes being sucked into the flames

And they were writhing and trying to escape

And I knew that I had to get out

And I looked above me and I saw a shape

That was smiling down at me and beckoning

Saying "Come on home!"

And I raised myself and I tried to get out of the flames

And I was getting higher and higher and higher and higher

And I reached out, I reached out towards the shape

And as I reached out the shape shattered!

And my hands were empty!

And I was falling!

I was falling, falling, falling!

I was falling into the flames

And I knew that I was gonna burn!

I was gonna burn!

Oh, it's so hot in here!

Let me out! Please!