The Fire Burning

My shopping spree is over

I am content in my mess

Return my luxury

For essentials

I desire nothing more

Than a bed

Too hot to touch

Fire ravages my joy

Steals my hope 

And desires my life

Water baring gifts 

Can’t come soon enough

It’s time to face 

The hell created

With ashes floating 

Running for lives

With paintings in hand

Pedalling down the street

Never forgotten 

The once lived childhood

The memories that are saved

And the adult that can afford 

To rebuild the building

He once upon a time 

Laid

Julie Rasmussen is a published artist, recently writing poetry in ‘As Deep As Feeling’ and ‘A Collection of Poems’ in St. Catharines, Ontario. Currently doing local book signings and writing her next book. You can find her on Instagram at @yuliebeansofficial where she posts film clips and fashions that inspire her from past and present, selfies and her writing.