Sense Sonnet - Acher

Tormented

A fire killed all my family.
I guess I would have been dead too,
But I had snuck away to be
With a friend. My folks never knew.
When I got home later that night,
Fire trucks were all around the place.
My house was burning fiery bright.
They said it was a tragic case
Of a fire set by accident.
My Mom and Dad and brother died.
I am filled with guilty torment
That is eating away inside.

I'd lit a candle by my bed,
Then snuck out with my friend instead.