Short Spider Orchid

Fire engulfing tearing my home

I’m stuck in the ground with no escape

Petals burning, decaying, now black

Smoke devouring me like a cape

I cry out for help

No one hears me

Screaming, crying, pleading

Surely someone will see me

They finally saved me

Saved me from the monstrous flames

Let me live

Where the fire never claims

I am a Short Spider Orchid

I must not fear

For I am saved

Down my petal slides a tear

Crackle no more

Fire gone

Finally over

For all my fellow orchids I still mourn.