The Flame of Friendship

A devastating fire, an incendiary flame. heartless heat dissolves the skin of the innocent. Thick smoke enshrouds the burning performance. She cannot help but to feed the beast. To give in to the power of its haughty remarks. She cannot flee the scene. All exits aflame, she must take the blame. She has not caused a scene, she has not raised her voice. She doesn't know why, but she has no choice But to knock herself down, put her heart in a box The flames surround her, inching near She has practiced for years to hide her fears Turn mental anguish into just a bad day Fire encroaches upon her, she tries to fight back But mostly she listens The crackling almost sounds like a monologue Paragraphs begin to burn her skin She inhales hatred and lies Unable to breathe as she in engulfed It burns her chest and comes upon a glass box It is no match, stronger than her will to extinguish words with maturity maybe she could have seen the fire coming Developed a steel heart, but she was too late She is weak, on the ground, close to giving up She begins to believe that she started the fire Maybe she held a match to friendship Torturing the ones she loved the most Maybe she cracked a window Opening the gates of conversation She was defeated, words beginning to bruise her body Sticks and stones may break her bones, but words will always hurt her. She can only see destruction, noticing that everyone has gotten to safety She is left alone with only flames to calm her nerves. Although her heart is burnt beyond repair She still searches for a reason, what actually started the fire It seems she will never have an answer