The Forbidden Fruit!

Piercing pain all around

Clouds of smoke suffocating even in open air

The fire that was supposed to keep warm

Is now threatening to kill this all

Nothing is there but the fire and I

Soon it will consume me and I am still not ready to die

Why though?

Because deep down there is this burning desire

To see what is the alternate ending to this all?

The fire consumes me

I start seeing my flesh getting grilled

It turns red and then black

And I get to think if this is my end

As I am thinking this all, I see nothing; no one around but the fire

And suddenly something falls down

They have been saying it the forbidden fruit

But why is it forbidden when it is the only light I see,

The only light that is not supposed to make me feel sick

I look around and I know

There’s nothing much I can do

But to pick it up and see what happens

I don’t give it a second thought

I eat the fruit that I was not supposed to

The fire around, as soon as the fruit touches my lips, die

The numbness no more here

Everything feels bright

I know it is going to be okay

I can feel the change within

Like how the fire that was about to consume me

Is no longer coming towards me

It’s curving itself into a ball

A small fireball I can hold in my hand

And it doesn’t burn anymore

I don’t have blisters anymore Because the fire is tamed

Is it because of the fruit? I think and look at my hand

The places where the fruit is touching

Is clearing my skin of all blisters

Just like the Phoenix

Why is it forbidden

I think I know the answer

Because I will be an addict

The forbidden fruit has calmed the hurricane

I feel I want to live again; and not just exist

How is any of that possible?

How can I feel so satisfied even when alone?

But as I look at my hands I realise

I am no longer Alone

It might have been the forbidden fruit

But who are they to forbid it when they did not

Tame down that fire

And waited for me to end