Rage Red

Close up, The universe goes red Below and overhead is the sound of thunder And the rumbling belly of the beast down under. Close up, it is a blinding hue, and burning, you shout and shiver. Too close, and it seems that all things are going slowly black- Crisping under its merciless heat. You feel it on your face, Your fists, Your feet. You think, ‘This is it. I am gone.’ All fades- Then! Suddenly you wake. The storm recedes, and the world is ash the earth bleeds, and all that was green is now black. You see it now- Magnified horror, head bowed. Red was you. That hue cracking your skin- what burned without, came from within A battle came and you won… What have you done?