The last sight I saw was a massive flame
Amazingly bright yellows, oranges, and reds
When all too soon black squeezed in at the edges.
Then there was no more color I could see
Though the sound came louder and louder
Waves crashing in, crowding in, painful.
Heat pushed up against my body, shoving
Making my skin turn and twist
Turn colors I could no longer see for the black.
My friend Paula was standing next to me a moment before
Then she struck me with force that sent us tumbling
Agony running through me as I hit pavement.
Barely heard, she whimpered; barely understood “Goodbye!”
I made to say same to her but my lips
Melted too quickly from the onslaught.
Pain, all that was left to me, no other sense
Than this semblance of touch, undesired
Raging through my body, all that I can feel.
Where did the bright yellows and the crushing sound
And the overwhelming heat and PAIN come from?
GOODBYE GOODBYE goodbye.
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