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Benevolent Oasis (Free verse) by drnick
Sparks rain from fission skies
With annoying iridescence.
As far as my eyes can see
Not one place to hide.
The ground softly hums
With dull dying light.
A scorched surface and
Not one place to die.
I run for life, for comfort,
I duck under burning trees.
Eroding umbrellas
Surround me and escape.
Panicking, tripping onto
Hot ash and embered floor.
Swimming through glowing
Smoke to find a friendly shore.
Tired and raw, I take
A final forfeited fall.
Down into cool waters
Skin split and balmed.
Turning over to tortured sky
I glimpse glimmering chaos.
Calmly slipping into murky abyss
Choking water, sucking bliss.
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