BURN

">The dead souls caught up with me that dreadful night
and I walked through the gates of hell
From the future I watch my image burn in fire's bright light
this darkened tale I now must tell

Evil exists and the wheels of darkness forever turn
as the flames of hell grew higher and a wicked witch did burn
Reduced to nothing she disappeared in gray smoke as the crowd condones
her spirit released to the cat walking among the remains of ashes and bones

 
And O` they Shouted! Cursed! and Threw Stones!

Now the town's people fear the revenge of my return

and remember well, my spell, as they yelled

Burn! Witch! Burn!



The moon shines in my favor tonight
Not this time! I say, shall they have their way
I'll avenge the wrongful deed done,'tis my fight
my dark cold stare cuts like a knife and karma collects its pay


The curse of the witch now lies upon their head
as they threw me in a grave down by Cutter's Creek
my freezing corpse has risen from the dark dampness of death's bed
and my icy shadow looks down in laughter upon their grief



Now a hollow silence fills the night air
and the fires have cleansed my soul it seems
an elevated pleasure in taking revenge without a care
leads me back to peaceful sweet dreams

Author's Note

Artwork by Victoria Frances

thanks so much Bubo for the review ~ I have no idea who this warped person is who smeared my poem and thinks I am someone else~ probably a paranoid skitzo to keep WC drama going at any rate I deleted whomever it is ~ I really don't have time for such nonsense

Reviews

[Devons]

A raging tale is told here like the lore of yore. The language reads almost like a spell, or incantation, of sinister and grave origins. But the story speaks more than that of fantasy and legend, and is a parable for persecution and vengeance; not only in terms of the historical deaths of witches and heathens -both innocent and otherwise- but also it reminds us of human morals, which are never dated by their context.
Dark lyrical imagery is created from this and there is a subtle intensity which reaches out to us with even-handed pathos.
Very effective. And I really like this:
"Evil exists and the wheels of darkness forever turn
as the flames of hell grew higher and a wicked witch did burn
Reduced to nothing she disappeared in gray smoke as the crowd condones
her spirit released to the cat walking among the remains of ashes and bones"

[OT]

ooo the revenge of the witch!! burned and stoned amidst a perhaps not untrue accusation by the sound of it lol humans have always been scared of anything that possesses something they don't... hence retaliation - but sometimes things will bite back! great write!

[Tom Benson]

Fran Marie you will know from my blog on here and my comments on friends' work that I have only just returned to Writer's Cafe. Why is that so important? I looked at the graphic you've used and was instantly reminded of a poem I wrote only a couple of weeks ago. It actually won the challenge at our other place of worship, the Starlite Cafe.
This was a knockout tale and not simply because of the similarity to my own. Your imagery was superbly used throughout. Now that I've seen there is an interest in witches around here I think I'll have to post my recent tale ... 'Which Witch is Which'.
Very entertaining my friend.

[TheElfPrincess]

This is so interesting and beautiful. I really love this. The picture at first is wonderful and then the poem! It stole my heart. You did very well. It flows good and it's well written. The storyline is good and the idea is as well. This captures the burning of the witches so well. Well done!

[piggy]

very scary.

great writing

[Shellie]

I love the storyline to your poem and the intensity of it all was immense. This is what fine writing is!!!

[Tate Morgan]

OOOH THat was intense I wonder how many witches have been burned ?

[Poetic Beauty]

Your work always has strong details and a story to be told in it. I love this poem about the witch and getting her revenge. This is done so well and I loved each and every line.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

I love your poem - witches are interesting and those who were witches and those who were not - burned or throw into waters.. a sad time .. your poem is beautiful.

Chloe

[Robin]

great writing of how fear can drive society to madness , a price they pay dearly .

[Bubo]

What a fabulous write and layout ~ witches, amazing that they were treated so! I wonder how many left now :)
And what is it with the reviews below? I hope she isn't serious!I love you and your work!