The Lone Letter

Paper rolls burning
Smoke rising
Letters scampering
That's all I could see

Breathe in the smoke
Said someone
I did

Cough it out
Said someone
I did

But I still couldn't see anything else

The letters were dying
One by one

Through the flames
Did I look
Souls of letters
Did I see

The souls weren't happy

The flames died out
Leaving ash behind
Four letters too remained

Three from one roll
One from the other

The lone letter looked scared
The three looked scary

The lone letter ran
Up my hand
To my face
Into my half-open mouth

Cough it out
Said someone
I did

The letter rode on a droplet
The three were obliterated
Ash flew here and there
The lone letter remained

Crush it
Said someone
I didn't

The letter looked into my eyes
Even though it had no eyes
It was just for a moment

Then it ran
Up my hand
To my face
Into my nose

It went up and up
I went up and up

I saw the worlds I had known
I saw the ones I hadn't

A kaleidoscope

Blank, the next moment
Someone had bashed in my head

Final sound:someone screaming
Final image:the lone letter flying off