Crisis Apparition - Matt Elliott

Was woken early morning by the smell of smoke and fumes

My eyes awoke to see a flame come dancing in the room

And as she dance she dazzled & entranced me with her gaze

And suddenly I realised that my room was now ablaze

I had to leave the comfort of what once had been my home

The flames once burnt had left me without a thing to call my own

My heart reduced to ashes and my soul reduced to tears

Collapsed and burned and bloody, broken way beyond my years

I thought I could hear Sekhmet whisper

Crackling my name

Saying «Do not fear your death my friend, fear life and all its pain»

«The pain that you have suffered and the pain that’s yet to come»

«The pain if there’s a next life and the pain if there is none»

I sifted through the embers not sure what I hoped to find

Perhaps a vision of your face perhaps a sacred sign

The blackened frames and timbers glowed a flashing orange gold

The colours that a true love said once was the me of old

The smell of smoke was beaten by the smell of petrichor

The rains washed all the ashes, cleansed the tears and rinsed the pores

Your flames they were majestic shame they were but smoke and lies

You’re cursed with disappointment now until the day you die