CONSUMING

Entry for Writer's Cramp, deadline 5/10/09

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66 words


CONSUMING

Fire, consuming
fast in their life's picture;
Control seems far off.

Control seems far off
for the helpless victims.de///for helpless souls, desperate--
Where are they to turn?

Where are they to turn
when their life goes up in smoke?
Cinders threaten dreams.

Cinders threatenr dreams;
lost, the very essence of
all they had to show.

All they had to show:
gone in just a hot flash;///gone in earth's own hot flash
fire, consuming!