My Hand, My Song, My Freedom

ng smoke, then Lila' s terrified scr

side me, his face tight with

ack, towards the hungry flames

, to grab his arm, to s

time, I

I reme

ashed down, crushing my left hand, destroying my

concern for me, but with fury, after Lila w

should have saved her, not me!

t bled me dry, blackballing me fr

his plantation, the cold dismissal in

nd the sm

ting down, the air so thick I couldn't

o real I could taste t

ng Lila' s name again, ready to

me the scri

, I stepp

into the inferno, pure i

precious han

was sti