Challenge Day 11 - The Letter K - The Kitchen
The Kitchen
I’ve made it through
Ever other room,
But now is time for my biggest challenge.
The Kitchen.
I watch as the flames make
Their way up the cabinets.
Everything burns.
Nowhere is safe.
I throw a chair,
Then another.
I should have time to use these
Before they are engulfed.
I hop to the first,
No problem.
But as I leap,
I feel it slide.
…
Luckily, I have trained for this.
I just make it to the second chair
As the first one crumples
From the heat.
I jump again,
Hands flailing,
Feet searching for safety,
Mind racing.
I see it,
A stool I had missed earlier,
And if I could just use it to
Bounce to the island.
Made it.
Whew!
That was close.
But it’s not over,
There’s still a lot of kitchen to cover.
I quickly move to the edge
And I’m able to make a small
Leap and cover the distance
To the counter.
From here I traverse
Around the stove,
Over the sink,
And to the refrigerator.
This is it,
The hardest part.
I have to find a way over
And there’s not much time left.
I try grabbing the handle,
It’s too far for me to reach.
But if I stretch,
I think I can reach my left foot.
But now what?
Well what if I try to open the door.
Perfect, I now have a place to grab,
All I need is to pull myself up.
Here we go,
I’m going to make it…
Something slips,
I still have my grip, but the shelf.
I go down, shelf in hand,
And fall into the fire.
I have failed,
It is my time.
The floor is lava.
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