Revenge Or Spite

One wintry night As the snowstorm blew in She was dressed in black Binged in gin She was my girl And i loved her so But her constant drinking We could no longer grow It's the way she changed When she drunk so much Like a demon possessed Out of touch We parted in anger And she swore as she left My kids and me Bereft Months had passed As we lived our lives The past behind us Every day, is a new day arrived On the night of the storm My kids and i Watching a movie Laughing and crying Time for bed As i tucked them in The twins together My darling kin Through the night I awoke all choked Smoke was billowing In fog like soak In panic craze I head for my twins Their bedroom on fire Our nightmare begins Flames are engulfing The hallway and stairs Our escape route blocked My heart in despair To their window i carry As the smoke thickens Flames spreading Blackened, sickened Below their window To a grass verge i drop As the ceiling collapses In burning hot In smothering embers My breathing impaired As the heat absorbs me In deathly scare My skin burning Torso in peel As my thoughts start to cloud Is what happening, real Strength sapping In burning sores Who will look after my children Silence http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/loss-3.php