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Dec 2024 · 33
Fire to the Pyre
Ava Rounds Dec 2024
I smile as the world is engulfed in flames
We all knew this was coming
We never tried to stop it
Maybe we had wishful thinking
That we were different
We were innocent to our actions
No effects to our cause
This is the world's pyre for its enemies
We will be cleansed from existence
The world will have a fresh start
A clean slate
Maybe this is a good thing
No, this is a good thing
This is what we deserve
We have set the world of fire for millions of years
Now we are being returned the favor
Shouldn't we love the heat
That scorches our faces
That melts our skin like wax
That turns us to dust
To fall and intertwine with the earth
To be rooted into the soil
To smother the plants no longer
I looked at my hands
They are melting away
The sweet and aromatic smell of decay fills the air
It is pleasantly suffocating
My eyes rise to the fire
Devouring the world in a manic hunger
Sparing no one
I feel my face begin to melt
My mouth turns upward
My head lifts towards the sky
My mouth opens
And the fire enters my body
Eating me from the inside
Tearing apart my bones and drinking the marrow
Sipping my blood like a divine wine
Eating my organs as if I am its last meal
I start to decay and rot
My ashes mixing with the dirt
Breathing life into the plants and Earth
This is what we deserve

— The End —