The Seven Things I Would Save If My House Was On Fire--
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The Seven Things I Would Save If my House Was On Fire--
Raging fire
Walls burning
I'm a witness
Actually live it
A blazing, I've seen the physical painless hell
Snaps, crackles, charcoal smells
Orange, yellow, blue flames
Gotta run, git out the house,
but I need to TRY TO rescue save some things
What about me?
Higher and higher
Raging the fires
Racing everywhere
Running back N forth
Flames touching engulfing
Destroying raging racing blaze riding up
Burns everything vastly burning up
Evacuating everything in its fire burns, burns
Things in it path are burning up
What could I grab and get
If I only had sixteen minutes left
Before my possible death
Seven Things i Would Save If my House Was On Fire
Would be first I'd save me
Second myself
Third I...
Forth of course my body
Fifth my mind, to thank God I'm alive
Sixth our large Family Bible
And seventh school diplomas and family decades worth photo albums
Prayerfully most or all located on living coffee table
Prayerfully I'll be able
To save these things of my families stable
Again thank God I'm alive
Holding me, myself and I
For everything in the fire can be replaced by insurance
The adore mention things are
The Seven Things I Would Save If my House Was On Fire
2/5/19
Seven Things You Would Save If Your House Was On Fire Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Copyright © James Edward Lee Sr. | Year Posted 2019
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