Smoke rose in the air 

Orange tongues licked the walls

Consuming the place

I once called home

The smell lingers

I cough hard from the smoke

Holding tightly on

To all there is left.

Watching as my home burns

With tear soaked cheeks,

It's so hard to breath

As everything burns to ash.

It's over,

But in the corner of my eye

I can still see the flames,

I can still taste the smoke,

I can still feel the tears,

I can still remember it as if it were only yesterday

My thoughts repeat in my mind,

It was supposed to be a normal day.

Why did it have to happen to us?

I never thought it would happen...

Why? 

...Why?

I could've saved something.

Instead, I lost everything

To the flames of the unknown