A Fire Burning In the Night
A fires burnings
Somewhere at night
I walk along
The edge of the wood
I feel transfixed by silence
I see flames leap
Lighting up tree trunks
Then I hear a scream.
I move closer to the forest’s edge
But something forbids me entrance
I hear another scream
It sends shivers down my spine
I go into the wood
Dark tree tops collapse the sky
I feel colder, parched
I see light in front, walk toward it
I see a figure, woman naked
And three other forms
Dragging her into the fire
They hold her there
Her flesh burning
I catch a whiff and vomit
I throw rocks at them
Hoping for her to escape
But she stumbles inside the fire
There is nothing I can do
I run wild, screaming
Away from the fire
Am I next? I wonder.
I hear them calling demons
To hunt me down
I jump over a rock
But I don’t land
Bull horns in my back
The Minotaur routinely
Breaks my spine and throws
Me to the soft earth
Trampling with huge hoof
He crushes my skull.
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