The Firestorm

Subject: The Firestorm Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:36 pm

Neck deep in black sand, I stare out into the open sea.
A storm and cinder and flame brews in the horizon.
In its wake, the ocean boils and the clouds shrivel to mist.
Its flame outshines the sun and from my seat in the earth, its heat sears my flesh.
Some of us stare into the flames, a salvation from our sufferings. Others look away from the infernal cyclone, oblivious to the impending catastrophe.

In a rocky pool, by the shore a group of men and women churn the shallows. Around them other walkers gaze on. Some see the approaching flames, others face their backs to the fire.

Alone I gaze into the distance. For being neck deep in sand, I will be spared most the flames. But the tides after, will drown me.

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A nice one.

Subject: Re: The Firestorm Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:53 am

^
clapclap bravo

Subject: Re: The Firestorm Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:04 pm

A new day dawns and the great firestorm has calmed.
In the distance, an orange glow hangs over the sea.
Its seething flares leap over the horizon, reminding us it merely sleeps and has not died.
The day of destruction has not come, for now.

Subject: Re: The Firestorm Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:00 pm

And the flames have finally torched the shore, and still we face our backs to the firestorm.
Doom licks at our backs and welook away. Behind us, our kin are burn to ash and devoured by the boilling sea.
And yet we laugh.
Still our laughs are silenced by the roar of the flaming tempest. It too laughs for we dance on the molten coals and hurl fire and brimstone at our once kin.
Alone i remain, neck deep in sand. Still watching.