fire

flames licking at your feet
challenging your thoughts
flames dancing in the night
the tango on hot coals
the heat on your face
burning your eyes
making you squint and blink
sparking and turning to ruin
ending only with a pile of ash
the neon shades
of orange and yellow
leave shadows in the mind
and imprints on the brain
forever there
for you to stare
when you close your eyes
all you see are those figures
vigorously, continuously dancing
kicking and screaming
to be put out
pleading for your help
writhing in purgatory

they are forever burning
those dancers you see
they may never stop
until you set them free