Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Fire Does Not Discriminate

Fire does not discriminate. She treats us all equally.
She consumes everything in her path – wood, cotton, linen.
Leaves gray and black smoldering devastation behind.

Popping and crackling, she inches up like a snake.
Trees, houses, sheds, garages, churches, shudder and fall.
Bowing to her majesty, as she races past, ignoring their genuflection.

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John Lawless March 7, 2022 at 4:24 PM She is neither good nor bad....she is just fire!! Caren Krutsinger March 8, 2022 at 2:26 AM True, and she is a beauty! Until she is devastation.

Bill Baker March 7, 2022 at 3:47 PM Like everything else we become aware of, fire is what it is, it can be good when it saves someone from freezing to death and bad when it kills. Interesting thoughts in your fire poem, Caren. Hugs, Bill Caren Krutsinger March 8, 2022 at 2:26 AM Thank you Bill. I love fire.

L Milton Hankins March 7, 2022 at 9:50 AM And when she steals a family's home, she is most horrible. Good poem, Caren, on an interesting subject. Caren Krutsinger March 7, 2022 at 10:25 AM She is awful! And yet I am fascinating - possibly a pyromaniac.

Joseph P. DiMino March 7, 2022 at 7:14 AM Strange, from this human's perspective: it makes way for the new, fertilizing the ground, while making the heart never again wanting to see. I hate war also. I hear you. Caren Krutsinger March 7, 2022 at 10:26 AM I am glad you recognized fire as devastation for she is.