Fire

A house of fire, trapped, are the family.

Fire

Fire alarms scream

Piercing the nights’ silence

Awaking the sleeping family

To a picture of horror

Flames engulf the house

Trapped, they are

Waiting for the flames to eat them

Hear the shouts?

As they choke on the smother smoke

Hear the cries?

As flames scorch their skin

Living the worst nightmare

Of torture and pain

It’s over now

All that remains is rubble

Author's Note

This was inspired by a poem my best friend (hannajade) wrote. Dedcated to anybody who has lost anything due to a fire.
Please review! I also have another version of this, if anybody thinks I should post it....

Reviews

[Marie Harrison]

Fires are so scary. They destroy so quickly. Love this poem. My house that my husband and I lived in was in a fire. I called the fire department. He got really mad that I called them, but they saved our house. The plumber unknowingly set our house on fire when he smelted one of our pipes in the downstairs powder room. It set the fire between the lower and the upperfloor of our house.

[DMysterSan]

this is soo sad :/ .. i really like it (: great job ^__^

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

This poem describes on of my many fears....Exactly how I'd picture it.

[littlelilypurplebride]

P.S. nice imagination bring this to life great work. god bless lily

[littlelilypurplebride]

very deppressing and this happens to many a friend of mine his house got burned but him and his family didn't get hurt he had to rebuild his home put them in my prayers and everything was fine for them i was happy they were fine and unharmed. god bless lily

[Amanda Dawn Sanderson-G..]

You main chills go up my spine. This is a great write but very depressing.

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Scary stuff, well done!

[Rose Masen]

Holy crow! The imagery that flashed through my head was so surreal! Awesome job!

[TheFemininePad]

What a horrible image to conjure through the poem. The idea of dying from the shock of burning is very troubling. I must say that though most people die from lack of oxygen before actual fire can consume them. Still that is a bad image to try to shake. This poem is great at conveying the emotions that the reader would feel from being lost to a fire. Your structure is good throughout the poem.

[Emilee Grimm]

Oh, so sad, but such a good way to write about a tragedy... I've never lost anything to a fire, but, I think I feel the emotions you are trying to convey in this poem. Nice job!! (And, don't worry, I will review the other poems you read requested me, i am just really swamped in college work right now.....grrr....)

[hannajade]

this is way better the fire poem i wrote. Burning alive is probably one of the worth deaths around, it makes me cringe thinking about the grewsome facts!! or even if they just lost there house, that would suck too!
this is really awesome!! I added it to my favourites!