flickering flames by Amy Li (14, Georgia)

flickering flames
shadows
dark
clouds
flames
[inmyheartheywillnotescape]
flames,
dancing in the
light.

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light,
like boiling fingers,
fingers of dancing
f.i.r.e
entrancing my eyes,
they swirl
like a
living thing
create
live
destroy
[ihavenomasteriamonlymyown]
flames, flickering before me
dancing,
a reflection in my
eyes
i find that this flame
is somehow
di
ffe
rent.
i sense that this flame
is somehow
dan
ger
ous.
i feel that this flame
is somehow
des
troy
ing.
i will not let it live, this
differentdangerousdestroying
f*L*a*M*e
it lives
insideof
ME
destroying the ones i tried to save.
it is a monster,
it lives inside me.
it is a monster,
it has turned me
into a monster.
i
see
a
monster
insideofme.
flickering inside,
turning
changing
destroying
hurting
[themonsterlivesinsideofme.]