Failure

~Can I find peace in this tragedy
~Murky wilderness burning all around me
~Try to guide me out, and burn
~Screaming surounds me
~I can't help because it's me that screams
~Waiting to burn but never touched
~Walking with no path to follow
~Every move is new heat
~I feal Death all around
~I wonder who it has found
~Sifting through the ashes
~memories try to show me the way home
~My first burn reminds me I'm alone
~Then I remember that I've been burned before
~Suddenly all I want is more
~Bring the pain to make me stronger
~with the heat I live Longer
~I am not lost, I am home
~This is where I belong
~alone.

David Oliver Bernard