The end has come
But something’s wrong
My limbs still feel the pain
My body’s under strain
The thunder’s stopped
I lie on rocks
My face is wet with blood
With screams, the air, it floods
I lie confused
I hear the news
The ground, its broken free
Its killed every-body
I stumble out the broken stone
My street to me, is now unknown
I smell the stench of death
I scream with all my breath
“Mother! Why have you left me now?”
“Father!” My head I sadly bow
Sister is at my feet
Brother lies in the street
In just one go
One single blow
I’m swiftly left alone
This pain I’ve never known
My home is gone
Its foundation torn
Piles of rock lie where it stood
That mirrors my neighbourhood
My legs give out
Nothing left to shout
I sit and cry for days
Just sit and stare out...dazed
People will come
They’ll call me dumb
Since I refuse to talk
They’ll look at me and balk
I hear them say
For me, they’ll pray
For me, they wish the best
I sit, I don’t protest
Around the world, this trend repeats
People cry and grind their teeth
Their hearts go out to us
Our plight is oft discussed
They’ll watch the news
And give their views
On this sad day of ours
They’ll even send some flowers
But one by one
They’ll say whats done is done
And take themselves to bed
And rest their troubled head
But me, I sit
And feel an empty pit
Where my stomach used to be
Nothing will set me free
My life was ended on that day
When I lost my whole family
In the distance, what I see
Brings me back to reality
On a pile, much like mine
Stands a girl I saw sometimes
She's looking intently through the dirt
Her hands bleeding, stain her shirt
I walk over and ask her why
"What are you trying to find?"
She looks at me, her eyes have hope
And says, “Dear boy, I’m trying to cope”
“Last night I watched my short life end”
“My life I intend to find again”
Those few words were all it took
“Dear girl I too, will start to look”.
[January 14th 2010]
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