A Future lost

I walk now through this empty house
Casting shadows on the wall
These rooms once furnished full of love
Hold no feelings left at all

These halls once filled with laughter
Now echo those of pain
My footsteps ringing in my ears
Remind me once again

This place a future full of joy
Is dark both bleak and damp
Soot encrusted walls now streaked
Like blood before my lamp

The screams still ring without a sound
Through the chambers of my mind
To etch their tale of sorrow
On a fate now sealed and signed

This place in rot and ruin
Will never be re-built
The loss of life still painfull
And the memories still felt

A family in fire consumed
An absent father spared
To walk this earth in shrouds of guilt
A life lived in despair.



Poetry by penfold18
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Written on 2006-03-31 at 04:20

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Kathy Lockhart
Your sharing of this event touched me deeply. Your poetic telling has placed your pain and sorrow into an art form. Your descriptive words brought the event alive in my mind's eye.
"Soot encrusted walls now streaked
Like blood before my lamp"
This line brought the reality of what happened as I read through your poem. It was piercing. Very good writing. Kathy
2006-04-08


Marcus
I have to read something happier now, cuz this one brought me down! Really great poetry and a really sad piece!
2006-04-01


Zoya Zaidi
A very poignant piece, as always perfect rhyme and rhythm, a beautiful story, beautifully told, the anguish, the guilt, the remorse shine through the beautifully etched poesy!
Quite a masterpiece, Graham!
(((hugs)))
love, xxx, Zoya
2006-03-31


GB
Very well written and thought out Penfold . LIKE this 1 very much ... and such a sad finish ... GOOD READ ! ...... G
2006-03-31


Jon Hanover
Really painful piece, but good too. The images are great but conflicting on the lamp otherwise really good write.
2006-03-31


Rik The PoetBay support member heart!
I walk the thread of these words and my heart feels the anquish and the pain. A beautifully brave and dignified write.
2006-03-31


lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
graham i applaud your baravery in this poem sorry for your pain but your courage is outstanding a good but sad poem rgds mike
2006-03-31


liz munro The PoetBay support member heart!
So sad.
I can feel the father's dispair
and I will be there
as a friend to help ease the guilt.

Liz.
2006-03-31