Light My Fire By the Doors

Always thought the song ‘Light my fire’ was named “Come on Baby, Light my Fire!” A serious way to say fire That almost no one else got right. But the Doors did. The Doors were so iconic in the 70’s, That you could not turn on the radio without hearing them. The “kids” who thought this hard rock up, were in their twenty’s! Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek. Two buddies from Florida. They came in like a tornado, Took us hostage, whipped us into a frenzy, made hippies real. The most rebellious of the rebellious. A counter culture for those of us who were watching our friends dragged off to Viet Nam in a mandatory draft. ‘Light my fire’ was played everywhere, and probably most especially there, to remind our troops there was still normalcy back home, waiting when they returned. Written: April 28, 2019 Poetry Contest: Writers on the Storm Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke