You stare at the blazing fire that is scorching your face.

You have tried every thing to escape the tiny apartment set alight with fire.

When you try to scream, no words come out of your gaping mouth.

The fire starts to lick up the walls all around you.

Helplessly, you turn and run into the kitchen and try to turn on the half melted tap, but it is as dry as the Sahara desert.

You take a deap breath and almost choke to death. The ash is starting to swirl all around you like a hurricane.

That’s when you hear the fire truck wailing in the distance.

Then, you black out….

By Sofia

NSW 2020