Deathly Fire

Me stuck in this smoky hot sizzling forest 

Laying on this thick moss like a doona 

I can hear the crackling and the flames roaring 

as it creeps closer and closer.

Will I ever get out of here?

I’m surrounded by fire 

I start thinking and I remember where a creek is 

I get up and start running to it

I find a gap to get past the flaming hot fire

I leap into the cold trickling water, it's clear blue like a glacier

I start drinking…

I’m so desperate, like a lion after a hunt.

It’s like the sun is 10m away from me.