A Stab at Poetry

The Long Road

I was a child then, so long ago

My house aflame, no parents, no hope

I heard the screams, that's how i woke, 

I thought they got out, 

i thought they were calling me

I was so terribly wrong

My Home was a smoking ruin

I would not get back there again

The Road stretched out in front of me

Two paths, one decision, one terrible decision

I shouldn't have had to make it, It wasn't fair

I felt the sirens in the distance, splitting the air

No choice at all really

Snowflakes crunched under tiny feet

I felt so cold, so empty inside

Icy tears ran down my cheeks

Frost burned inside my lungs

I kept running, nowhere left to be

I felt the darkness close in around me

I felt the life drift away 

So very cold, no life left to breathe

My eyes fluttered closed, 

I knew the road had ended

And i would never be home