Fire

• Axel Malanos , Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2021

The fire burns
The ash blinds
The smoke smothers
I hear screams
The screams of men, women and children
And the evil crackle of the fire
Everywhere I look its chaos
The shops we own
the homes we live in
the fields we work
all engulfed
Men with hoses fight with the fiery
beast
But it only gets stronger
There is only one place to go
The sea
We must pray
pray that Poseidon will help us
The sea is our only hope.