i felt the fire engulfing

as the heat kissed my face with its flames

hot breaths gasping, grasping for air

as my temperature climbed into ecstasy

shudders racking my fragile frame

involuntarily paralyzed

as frigid fate finds me flailing

swirling smoke rising off of my flesh

icy tendrils of eventuality

wrap hard and fast round my limbs

once again disallowed by reality

waking

still quaking

day begins.