(part of the bushfire stories and poems series)
Blazing lights, piercing pain
Frightened screams cry out in vain
Heart beats faster
Cold, scared – disaster
Dark days
A shadow above – exultation
Monsters in night
Fears ignite
Circling demons enter the gloom
Sobs heard from that scary room
Dark days
Room fills with light – salvation
Banished by the group
No way to recoup
Heart fills with fear
What a toxic atmosphere
Dark days
Arms that open wide – absolution
Joy to despair
No long a pair
What did I do wrong?
I no longer belong
Dark days
Nothing can help – desolation
Wheeled chair in rain
Limbs racked with pain
Life’s inhumane
Too late to complain
Dark days
Radiance above – liberation
© Lalla Barden 19 Feb 2020
Eurobodalla Writers 