House On Fire Poem by Imafidon Mac Henry

you gave me your words
and I hung them onto my chest
like a rosary I worshipped daily
you promised me
a palace in eden
where I would sit as king,
and beside me
will be you as queen

at the end of it all,
they were just
mere words
words empty
like a deserted city
you were a home,
but suddenly you've
become a house on fire
raging inside of me

your smiles were the
beauty that ignited
yesterday's sunshine
will I be able to put
a hand to my chest,
scream so loudly of you; tomorrow?
your eyes were the footprints
in the sand as I walked
through the seashores...

your lips when they perched on mine,
travelled through every
damn seven continents
that bores gelatoes...
girl! what happened to those days
where my arms were locked in yours,
a sofa you leaned on for hours unending?
what happened to times you were my home
and not this house on fire?