Inferno: A Badger’s Hexastitch

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge word ‘hell’. I am using
a fab photo by Brian at bushboys world for
my image. Here’s where the prompts took me.

it burns
flames reaching high
firelight eats the darkness
wood burns down to gray ash
the bowl grows cold
hunger

hell waits
beneath each flame
patient for the fire’s end
ready when ash settles
and claims its own
darkness

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Nancy’s Notes: Badger’s Hexastitch consists of six lines written in 2-4-6-6-4-2 syllables per line.

This is “Heaven and Hell” by Black Sabbath

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