In the fires eyes
You stare
Into the flickering

Burning your thoughts
Of memories
On each flame of energy

Wishing you knew the future

As you turn to the shadowed
Walls and watch the silhouettes
Maul the rest of you

The flames burn out

And you're left with the doubt
Of what comes after the heat turns cold

You keep staring in the distance
Contemplating existence
And how you're so misfit

While life gets old

The only thing left are the coals
Burning into ash
Leaving nothing but the past
Charcoal

Fading to the black
Staring through a mask
You show to the world
What you were staring at

….Your soul