Day #2: Girl on Fire

 She had a dream like a spark
 it left on her heart a smoldering mark,
 she was full of a burning desire
 to be on fire.

 She started to work, she started to pray,
 she ran towards her dream every day,
 each morning she looked toward the rising sun
 and started to run.

 Her speed grew greater, time blowing by,
 she wanted so badly to touch the sky,
 her soul was aflame, she was numb to the pain
 the heat kept her sane.

 The spark grew bigger, the smoke grew thicker,
 her hair was afire, the ends starting to flicker,
 the heat was rising as she rose to the sky,
 and started to fly.

 That dream bore her onward,
 she was above the trees,
 the world grew smaller as buildings scraped her knees,
 when the people looked up, all they could see
 was a flaming scarlet cloud
 and she was free.