eyes turned inward
perfect
body
born of woman
betrayed
by man
melted in inferno like
plastic melted
molded
fused
charred
twisted
tormented
a moment of Searing Anger?
Supreme Narcissism
Defiant I Am!
in a world where No-one
else matters
He got out
his nearness to the door
he
Ran
as the sisters writhed in
flames
as he hightailed it down
the road in terror
as the walls collapsed
as the sisters’ screams
echoed
in
the mountain passes
down the halls of dawning
flames flickering against
the night sky
paling
to morning
the sirens careening up
the hillside
bouncing
echoing
from the cliffs and ledges
small cabin turned to ash
and smold’ring
two girls lives forever
changed
shed skin
shed bone
shed dreams
first person/third person
I knew who I was in an
endless instant
I’m not that girl any more
light on her feet
she danced in her body
memory
of movement
memory
of youth and perfection
a snakeskin not to be shed
rather lived in
her dance changes
sinuous
whirling like flame
sparking upwards
into the
sunrise
another fire
this one in her soul
© 2019
pamela twining
photo: Dina Peone
