Flames of Sorrow

To pick up a load of bread
That what I was told
Get it back to Mama
Before it got cold

That wasn’t hard to do
I could get it done
After that I could go out with my sister
And have a little fun

War was happening over seas
Glad it was far away from me

Skipping down the road
To pick up a loaf of bread
Slowly looking up
To see what lay ahead

Men riding on horses quickly towards our town
Their pounding hooves making quite a sound

The soldiers grinned
With one thing on their minds
Looking for the enemy
Hoping that’s what they’d find

The adults grabbed their children
And ran for their houses
People screaming and scampering
Like frightened mouse’s

I hid in an empty water barrel
I had to be be quiet and very careful

Through a small whole
I watched them prance around the land
With grins on their faces
And torches in hand

When people tried to leave their houses
They threatened to shoot them if they came out
As the torches hit the dry would of the houses
I could hear their screams and shouts

It didn’t take long
For my town to be in flames
Then the soldiers left
As fast as they came

I jumped out of the barrel
And ran to find my family
The house fell down with my family inside
And I said to no one calmly

“We did nothing to deserve this fate
It came less than late.”

I lowered my head in respect
Then I found a horse and road away
My town was destroyed by bloodshed and hate
And I’ve sworn never to forget
That day


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