Wednesday, 17 June 2020

Ruins

He said with rapidly failing breath
"You need to trust , have faith "

In what ,where or whom ? 
I questioned the vacuum 

People had turned to stone 
Stirrings stilled , no moan

Whither to go? What to ask? 
Wherein lies next survival task?

Stony faces of the living 
No speech , little feeling 

They're dead . Screamed
The molten gold summer skies ,

They're gone , mourned 
The howling winds, hovering kites

In a land laid bare, bereft
There is no fear of theft

Providence has given , grain and gain
And it has taken again and again

For thousands of years 
Words will fall on deaf ears

Underneath rubble of despair
Stench of destruction , sealed

Till inquisitive hands prise
Apart and display the prize

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