Out the Window

The light pierced,
Through the hazy fog.
Then all grew dark!
A rumble shook the house still.
Piercing shouts cried in the prairie,
Shadows crept closer.
An orange glow gleamed in the brush.
The light flashed again and again,
The rumble shook the floorboards.
Clutched to the floor,
Her legs trembled.
The shadows crept closer and closer.
The glow flashed through her window.
Her heart pounced, her breath weakened.
Then her body lay limp, as she watched the fire come closer to her home.
A shadow, in the glare of the window, thrust her limp body to his chest.
Her scream was silenced by the stable figure.
Rushing out the home into the brush and smoke they ran!
Looking back a horrid laugh and dreaded glow thrust upon her home.
She saw her fathers figure watching his daughters eyes fill with tears,
He ran her to safety in the darkness,
Calming her heart with a soothing voice!
She came to a warm cottage where she looked out the window!
The Civil War wasn’t over!