Fire Five

Fire Five

by Jane Hillson Aiello

5/25/2017

Fire took my neighborhood

But left a house for me

And though I had a place to live

My heart yearned to be free

Fire took my friends’ abodes

Houses turned to ash

And though my house was standing

Still – I wanted a new path

Fire took my life purview

Of want and things and stuff

And though ‘twas hard to let it go

I knew I’d have enough

Marriage done and children grown

Fire roared “go it alone”

Sold the house, family treasures

Fire whispered “go find new pleasures”

Fire took part of my soul

Singed me to the core

Though embers of the life I loved

Burn in me evermore