Freedom Burning

this old house
creaks and groans
and settles in the dark

cobwebs and terror
hide in closets
and under the bed

lies lived here

but tonight
they are evicted

gasoline
cigarettes
sin ignited

freedom
burning

Reviews

[absent]

Seriously. You have a way with creating images that haunt. I love your abrupt, gut-punching lines: "lies lived here". I love that you are telling a story without revealing everything and I can fill in the blanks myself. A good writer lets the reader decided some things for themselves. :D

[Elizabeth]

Thank you for the generous praise. I have a thing about brevity, you may have picked up on that :P

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Reminds me of Independence Day , the song..
Sometimes these memories cannot even be burned away- can they?
Evicting lies.. yes, i do think so now that i think about it.
Very moving poem .

Chloe

[Coyote Poetry]

"cobwebs and terror
hide in closets
and under the bed"
Hard to burn the old memories away. But it is cool to run for freedom and leave the B.S behind. A direct to the point poem. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

strike a matchand watch it burn... then you can rise like a Phoenix through the ashes. Sharp and consice writting. So hard hitting and to the point.

[paul]

i like the simple, straightforward way in which it's written. almost like prose, makes it very easy to read. and still it's magical. it has a lot of feeling. and can be interpreted in many ways

[Lily Mae]

I love this ..the expression of "they are evicted tonight" says it all. Here's to freedom burning :) xx You penned the emotions well...xxx