Hey everyone, this is my first poem here. This one is based on Emil's dreamfire.
I don't know if this idea has already been taken.
Here it is:
By a lake in the dales to the west,
Lay a small town far from the rest:
It was on the edge of the safe zone;
And ever in winter had aurorae shone.
Östersund was the name of the town,
Where of old lived the Västerströms.
High in wealth and name and fame;
Till a fire that brought their woes came.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
A night, ruby-like in the summer it was,
When the forest was but a tinder box.
The cleansers were working away, cleansing
The forest land near the town's outskirts.
But a fire they started spread out of control;
Spreading fast, it headed towards the town.
One of the cleansers was running with speed
To reach the town before the fire and alert all.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
Torolf Västerstrom was working and working
At his timber factory trying to make a living.
When a commotion started outside the place,
With people gasping looking at a distant place.
Torolf went and saw the commotion outside;
An orange hue had lit up the sky to the North;
"Fire!", shouted a distant man, running to them,
Who now fell, exhausted, in front of all there.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
Torolf did not wait till the carriage had come,
He started to run to his house, to the North.
All this while Emil was having supper at home,
When he saw a bright orange on the trees.
He called his nanny to show the beautiful hue;
But upon seeing it she grabbed him and ran.
The nanny shouted for Emil's mother and ran;
Ran to the main door and took a pail of water.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
Helga had come running out of the house,
Dumping on the ground some papers and money.
She went in and came out of the house thrice;
But the fourth time, she saw smoke rising nearby.
Smoke was coming from the roof and the rooms
Were glowing in an orange and yellow light;
She raised a shout and then cried for help;
The neighbors came running to her aid.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
What would a pail of water do to a fire,
A fire that devoured the forests before?
Yet the neighbors came with pails of water
And ran to the now burning house with haste.
Nearby, the Bank was also beginning to be lost
To the brazen embers of the big forest fire.
People called for the fire brigade to come,
And they came with haste to fight the fire.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
Torolf was still running with all his strength
When at last he came to what was his house.
Emil, Helga and the nanny were outside, weeping
With some papers and bags lying on the ground.
He immediately ran to get a pail of water and
Try to help douse the flames burning his house.
Yet the house was but entirely lost, and the bank
Fared no better as all that was in it was burnt.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
Many homes were burnt during that very night,
So were two or three of the neighbors' lives.
The Vasterstroms sat down in shock and tears,
Knowing that all was lost save their clothes and lives.
They were no longer rich as most of their money
Was lost in the fire that destroyed the bank.
Skalds they became, they sold their factory,
And so came an end to their affluence and riches.
The fire had danced all through the night,
Never did it to cease to ever burn bright.
It had brought to all there great woes;
For it had burnt their lives and homes.
Edit: I corrected the typos I could find here.
