Showing posts with label catholic childhood fear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label catholic childhood fear. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2018

Childhood, religion, fear.



Sunfire


sunset raging in the western sky meant
Hell was out of control beyond the Galway Road.

Clouds, carrying the flames eastward,
threatened our house.

I, scared witless, kept my head under the blankets,
knowing God’s sun had been swallowed by that fire.