House Not Home

I walked inside my burning home, Gave him a second chance. Where even the welcoming doormat now, frowned upon my glance. Broken glass, a shattered sea, Hopes and light that blinded me. It was a fire wild, I mistook for fairy light’s gleam, Oh, how ignorant I was in my day dream. The doorknob jammed; banging was heard; desperate demanding now turned into a plea! History to repeat itself, time's cruel decree. Steps I took, a journey in vain, Plotting my doom, trading in myself for endless pain. The place we laughed I cherished, Thereafter life turned nightmarished. Where I thought memories sat, In that same blazing smoke, all my hopes fell flat. Rebuild darling! I tried; to regain what once was dear, But destiny's hand, a circle of life I fear. A known’s shove back into the fiery pyre, I rose again, this time no quenched desire. Realisation dawned upon me, No soul can be sought twice in a body free. A burning house, not home, alas I see, Illusions shattered, not me but at least my darling daughter was set free.