The Demise of Notre Dame - Kathy Figueroa

Something happened to Notre Dame
And Paris, France, won’t be the same
Its demise wrought by fire and flame
And so a hallowed landmark falls

A careless accident, it’s thought
By workman’s mishap, perhaps wrought
The dreadful blaze now being fought
By those who such disaster calls

Paris, our hearts go out to thee
In this time of calamity
A huge historic tragedy
The church reduced to smoldering walls

Kathy Figueroa

This poem was written as a response to seeing newscasts of Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, France, burning on April 15th, 2019. (Please note I’ve used “Notre Dame” the way Americans pronounce it.)