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Fire

By Ashley Ching

By Ashley ChingPublished 4 years ago 2 min read
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Fire
Photo by BÜNYAMİN GÖRÜNMEZ on Unsplash

Nothing like the fire inside to you be successful

to reach your goal

to get promoted in your career

a real fire

orange and red flames

smoke in the air

gray fog

itchy throat from the smoke irritation in the lungs

a fire starts

the fire alarms goes off

you hear people say this not a drill

your heart starts racing

as you run down the escalator

then everyone stops and we are just waiting for the electricity of the machine take us down

my heart is pounding

there is a baby in front who haven't lived long

come on i think to the mom take the baby out of the stroller and have the dad run with it

we have to beat this fire

as i feel the smoke going in my throat and the heat up my back

i want to jump off the escalator

but i keep it cool and i get off as fast as i can and get outside

there is nothing like a real fire

people are scared

people are scared for life

people can die

thankfully everyone is out

as we wait for the fire to clear

and to find out what started it

people are panicking calling their loved ones

trying to figure out how to get home without their stuff from the lockers on the 10th floor.

as we wait

and wait and wait

now a gentleman says it was caused by heating and ac machines on the third floor

it took a long time because there was speculation it was a bomb because of a suspicious package on Wednesday in Columbus Circle New York

later on one the firemen told me he believes from someone smoking a cigarette and then threw it out on the garbage while lit

he said it smelt like burnt garbage.

if that was the real reason in the end

its even more horrible

smoking cigarettes is not smart decision in the first place.

it affects your lungs

it affects your heart

it affects your life span

and others too with second hand smoke

and now you by wanting to smoke a little cigarette

made a huge impact on Bloomingdales 59th street forever.

After the flames are out

the smoke is gone

a whole hour and half later

everything was cleared

no one was hurt

we are all grateful

to be alive with the fire in us to live life to the fullest everyday because another unintellectual choice can be made tomorrow

and the fire can end your life.

inspirational
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