Recall Poem by shona sengupta

Long after those days were gone
The time dissolving before my eyes
Those roads yet again walked upon
Again underneath those starry skies
Around the next bend past the dilapidated hut
What was to come designed by fate
Were all the doors and windows shut
The lane next, dark and undisturbed by the footsteps of a passer-by
Was what made me tremble, once bitten twice shy
But the emptiness within and sentiments without
Made the weak more bold
With fast but wavering steps, made haste towards the goal
The destination of shattered memories, the end to all happiness
There lie the rumbles of the undetected, what once used to be my home
The ruins of my childhood all withered and gone
That reflected the hatred shown
Entering through what once was a door
All the memories I failed to face
A foster home fostering wrath, the chains that bound me there
But all the pain will not level the burden my heart bore
The day I broke away from the darkness; I lit it
Burning human flesh to the core
Watching in the shadows as I burned down the home
Soon folk rushed to douse it, a lousy effort with no effect
Engulfed in flames my past burned away
And part my worn out conscience
The last I saw the rumbles alight and this night
I see it again;
Not how I imagined, as they counted me dead
But all done and said
The prick of remorse will not be further felt
As what lay ahead was what was burnt
While towering next to it
Rose the home and the detested darkness of its shadows
No flesh burnt and no one hurt, that which was hollow
Filled with relief and wonder
I retraced my steps and the guilty walked away.