Here's a poem that I wrote for fun, though when an English assignment came up that called for at least one peom, I decided to use it. We had to read at least two pages of work for our oral presentation points, so I decided to read this poem plus a short story. My English teacher liked it, but I dunno...I'd like opinions from people I haven't even met in person before.
Take note, this is one of my poems that I've taken very seriously and was meant to be lyrics for a song I'd never sing, but instead made it into a poem about war.
Unnatural Disaster
As the sky transforms from light to dark And we’re unable to see That somewhere, something’s happening Something to you and me.
We’re breaking down, one by one Explosions everywhere We hide and pray, our bodies shake We watch the sky rip and tear.
Deep inside there is a pain That brings in war and hate Here and there, it’s everywhere The battles tell our fate.
Guns and blood, no more lungs To give our final voice I can’t see, I cannot breathe This is my final choice.
What’s happened? Why this? What have we become? Bring hope, bring dreams, take our greatest fears Choose the right from what may come.
We fight and kill and scream and shout But what might that do? These wars we have, they’ll never cease There’s nothing left to prove.
Turn back time, or movie it forward Just let me live through this It’s too bad to watch, to hear Like contact: cheek to fist.
The ground shakes, the sky turns red And those around have perished The shockwave comes, the buildings fall Destroyed the things we cherished.
Once again the sky grows dark I hate to leave the light The things around me start to die And soon I know I might.
My heart slows down, my fingers burn The wounds have gone too far My breath is short, the pain is long And before my death, I see the star.
The light It’s bright But there’s no one else around To help guide me Through this wondrous place of cloud.
Sean |