Justifying The Fire
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Justifying the fire.
And admitting committing,
The raising up the heat of it.
Leaving more enjoying,
A joining...
In participating throwing their fuel.
On the flames burning up and around.
Hoping what they do done,
Will find them...
Found declared sacrificial martyrs.
Heros!
Performing acts of dysfunction.
Normalized.
As more become mentally disturbed.
Not to realize their quality of life,
They would rather kick to the curb.
For a better existence.
To delude and fiction themselves,
Unharmed by the flames.
Burning their own feathers and wings.
Unable to fly.
Unable to escape.
Together to recreate.
Rising higher and above the chaos.
in flight.
Like...
The Phoenix ascending from ashes.
Yet heard screaming and chased by denial!
A denial permitted to admit and commit.
By flames they started.
Although...
Not meant for themselves to be,
Victimized.
And running from the heat.
Up and around them.
Not to be declared martyrs.
But fools who chose to choose,
This choice to accept...
Their entitled rights to burn.
Justifying the fire.
Without one escape to create for themselves!
'Uh...
But,
Why would anyone start a fire?
Stay and watch it burn all around them.
Then scream for help.
To expect others to rush and provide,
Them rescue?'
'Why would anyone,
Blessed with a brain and common sense.
To await and depend,
Upon someone else...
Who has repeatedly told them,
Increasing the heat of an oven...
With hands purposely remaining on it,
May burn!'
'Who would do such a stupid thing?'
'The ones in the house heard screaming.
For ice!
While the entire house is burning down.
Then refusing help from those,
Who came to rescue them.
Because of their ethnicity!'
'LOL...
Stop joking.
That's not funny at all.'
'You're the one laughing.
And...
If you look around,
You would still be the only one doing it!'
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Written on January 08, 2024
Submitted by lpahtillah on January 08, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,812 |
Words | 380 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 8, 13, 7, 8, 1, 6, 3, 4 |
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