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.

[GrandDystopia]

Like i said before, loving this dark side youv've revealed lately:)
Great poem, nice work, would be interesting to see the other version.

[OT]

ooo a darker poem from you! it can be very metaphorical but I won't bore you with all my interpretations haha - you tell the tale of a fire and its irrevocably damning presence well - choke on the smother smoke - nice internal rhyme to boot! nice!!