Sense Sonnet - Acher

Notre Dame Burns

Notre Dame de Paris, the name
Of a gothic cathedral known
As a Catholic site of fame,
12th century beginnings grown,
Completed o'er 300 years.
Standing upon an island grand
In central Paris it appears,
A home of faith to ever stand
Through all that happens 'twixt and 'tween.
Badly damaged by tragedy
Due to fire in twenty nineteen,
To rise again the hopes do be.

World wide sadness watching the spire
Collapse from the consuming fire.