The Forest Fire

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She danced like a shadow,

And she twisted like a flame

As she skipped to the gallows,

No regrets and no shame.

She twirled like a leaf,

But she held up like a promise.

When she told you to leave,

She burned down your palace.

She fell like an empire,

She lived on like a tale.

They named her The Forest Fire,

Too toxic to inhale.

She survived like a hurricane,

Always taking what’s hers.

She buried her last pain

In her own hearse.

-Jackie