When Our Mobile Home Caught Fire

When Our Mobile Home Caught Fire

I do reflect on kinder days

The way we, as children, used to play

I’ve kept the records that we saved

When our mobile home caught fire

It’s funny how the years go by

How our ages seem like lies

Especially since we should have died

When the mobile home caught fire

There are so many things I don’t recall

The sounds of laughter down the hall

And how, exactly, did you fall?

When our mobile home caught fire

It’s so nice to find you doing well

I know that I must look like hell

I am haunted by that burning smell

From when the mobile home caught fire

It is fair to say that I miss you

But there was nothing left that I could do

So, I left in search of something new

After our mobile home caught fire

Though, there was no comfort I could find

No drug or drink could calm the mind

So, I’ve wandered aimless, barefoot and blind

Since the mobile home caught fire

And after we sifted through the ashes

And after we cried together all that night

And after we buried mom and dad and the dog

I guess that I, kinda, just sort of, gave up

But I sure hope to see you again

Please know that I am still your friend

Or come with me and we’ll pretend

Our mobile home never caught fire