Thing I wrote in answer to police defense topic
Let it burn they answered
As the fire ate our home
While it stole from me and those I loved
Everything we'd known
While it turned to ash mementos
Our memories given form
Let the fire burn, they said
The fire keeps us warm
In the darkness they all said
The fire gives us light
The fire keeps the beasts away
That we would have to fight
Fire can be good, it's true
But this flame is our foe
It's destroying all we have in life
To which they replied "so?"
What, they asked, had we done
To bring about this end
"That's your home and land burning now
The fire's still OUR friend