The Poem

[for the readers's imagination  -saving your dear ones from the anxieties of the world,]

I saw you fettered in the same old chains

And some new.

So I tried to free you

And You strangled me.

[for the reader's imagination -imagine a family running away from domestic violence]

When this Big House shrunk In spite of its size

Too small a space to hold our cries.

I thought we'd make a way out, side by side. 

But you abandoned me. 

We were five clinging on to the same broken board. 

Hoping the waves would wash us ashore. 

But when the tides turned

You blamed me for the wreck that the storm caused. 

You blamed me for the flood that the rain brought. 

You blamed me for abandoning Ship. 

And you blamed me for what little we had left. 

And every time you Blamed me 

Your Heart grew Heavier. 

With Hate and Fury

And so You stayed. 

When we tried to rush outta the burning building

the flames hissed at us from every side. 

And If I had somehow made it through. 

You'd say I started the Fire.