You there, girl in the fire

• Artist: AutumnFey
• Description: This is a poem I wrote about the Salem Witch Trials. Enjoy.
• Date: 07/27/2008
• Tags: goddess fire salem witch trials

You there, the girl in the fire

eyes full of fear and angry desire

why are you there, I must inquire?

in a position so fatal and so alarmingly dire

She is a witch, or so they say

in league with darkness, fearing the day

I cry, how so has she lost her way

full of faith that will never decay

She worships the devil or so they lie

this falsehood she must deny

yet her voice is choked, she cannot cry

so I must watch, helpless, while she will die

My sister, not of blood, is now dead

before her first child, before she is wed

for the Goddess, her blood was shed

she followed full of faith where She led

Years ago, many suffered this

some when an elder, some before the sun's first kiss

they died in the dying embers hiss

all of them we shall miss

So accept us for not our religion but ourself

don't judge by poverty, nor by enormous wealth

even when some are slow and some with great stealth

judge us not by religion or even health

Comments

[SilvertongueSagittarius]

Nice concept. But try doing non rhyming poetry. Rhyming makes it seem too cutesy at times and that kills the point of a poem like this

[iBrok3n_Soul]

Great job! I love how you told the story in a poem and it even ryhmed. Again, great job! smile

[the_super_bleeder]

love the message, some people are wayy too judgemental

[maddog012]

u are very deep minded.