Saturday, August 21, 2021

Massacre

The blood on the streets mingles with the dust

Turning it a brown red, the colour of rust

Broken pained bodies litter the ground

Surrounded with weeping relatives, confused children all around


The survivors live, with empty eyes and emptier souls

Never forgetting the massacre, never again whole

During sleep, with the images burned into the back of their eyes

In their dreams, all that is seen is red, even the bright blue skies


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