To breath
or not to breath?
To choke on the surrounding
smoke
giving up
on the little oxygen you have,
as the heat surrounds you,
overwhelms you,
buries you.

You remember heat
when heat was yours.
Warm summer days
when all that could heal you
was some ice cream

Cold New Years nights
when fire was a friend
that cooked your marshmallows
and kept you warm as you burned the previous year away

To run or not to run?
Running out of time
everything is slipping away from you
time, youth, happiness
life
clawing, choking
yelling, banging
crying
holding on to the feeble
life you have always disdained

To die or not to die?
As the flames engulf you,
as the heat betrays you,
and the powerlessness and frustration takes over
you embrace the great nothingness
and suddenly

time,
youth,
happiness,
summer days and
winter nights cease to exist