Dark Poems Of A Sad Mind

Asphyxiation

(I'm terrible at story telling 🤧)

It was slowly getting harder to breathe
the smoke was all around me, I couldn't even see
my lungs were failing me and my chest felt heavy
to tell the truth, I didn't have much long to live

I tried to get up, but my feet were stuck
I tried everything but I couldn't even budge
I could tell some bones were broken even though I only felt numb

I tried to scream for help, but the roar of the flames were louder
and if anyone did her me, I'm sure they wouldn't even bother in the innermost part of a house that was on fire,
my life was slowly draining, my vision getting blurrier
I could see the grim reaper just waiting for me to slumber

So I took a deep breath and regretted right after
the smoke was unbearable as the fire grew hotter
many a time, I almost passed out
but on the brink of death, I always heard laughter
and it made me angrier that someone was watching but couldn't do anything except to mock me

It may have been in my head, but it kept me alive
the shame of death seemed to give me new life
but the life was meaningless for as long as I was trapped with two limbs under, I couldn't move out

The fire had reached me, surely I was gone now
I tried so hard to leave but I was let down
quite literally, I was being pinned down
I knew if I died, I was surely hellbound
and that saddened me,
the fact it would all end now
an unaccomplished life up in flames I'm going to hell now
is this how my story ends, has all the ink ran out
or is there time for one more twist before I lay down

With this thought in my head, I refused to die now
a surge of energy refueled my dying arms
and with herculean effort I pulled my legs out

Then the pain hit me
the blood loss I had been incurring
had gone on for too long, I needed a surgery
I started to crawl out, the smoke was heavy
and I didn't have a mask, I was feeling dizzy

My legs were mangled and the floor was hot
I refused to give in, I wouldn't come up short
my head was spinning, I was not sure I could make it
I had crawled for so long, you could mistake me for a baby the pain was so much, I was slowly drifting
at least I had died fighting, and not under some debris

All of a sudden, right before I was about to give in
I heard a crashing noise, and I thought the building caved in but I was wrong, it was the door that went flying
and some firemen came in and started fighting
at least that was what I saw right before I passed out

And I thought I was dead when I saw a bright light
then I heard a beeping and realized that I was alive
on a hospital bed, I thank the lord I didn't die out
like the fire that spread all over my right arm