-Poem Excerpt-

The cry of parents, siblings,

grandparents, neighbors, and strangers,

as innocents were silenced.

Evil prevailed again.

Once more, Heroes of the light

were called on and reacted but

not before the precious babes were

taken. Left were only shadows,

images of innocence,

futures that would never be

known, leaving an empty hole

in space, as the laughter

suddenly ceased, and the

cry of a nation was heard again,

throughout the world.

-Poem Excerpt-

If you venture upstairs

amongst the cobwebs

and creaking boards,

where the sun sends shadows

darting across the floor,

you’ll find the dreams of those children,

lying in the fog, thrown up around

your ankles, as your feet kick up dust.

As you walk, being careful of the holes,

you sense a whisper,

of family, of laughter, of sorrow.

-Poem Excerpt-

Please tell me about the day that I was born.

It was as if all the angels in heaven

wept because they had you no more.

Their tears almost drowned us turning into

a river that flooded the streets, carrying

their cries and moans away from our bodies.

Mother will I feel you when you are gone?