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rhia_5779
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since 2006-06-09
Posts 1334
California

0 posted 2006-08-19 07:32 AM


I was reading about some of the situations in the world in some countries and it is so unjust. the corrupt goverments tearing each other apart and sending fighters with bombs land mines other explosives out to kill the other ones, and they end up hurting the people more than anything else. i finished reading it and decided it all deserved a Poem.


A dropped match
Summers dried grass
lighting an outburst of fire
flames springing ever so higher

blazing free,running wild
with the control of a child
burning everything in its path
catching the town unaware, a bloodbath

in early hours of dawn
fire strikes,when help comes the houses gone
erupting in flames,the wood burns
unable to find a way out,thru twists and turns

people trapped deep inside
wrong instincts,they try to hide
they meet their doom
way too soon

outside the wreckage,the perpatrators stand
smirking, proud of their horrors,man to man
rows of battle hardened blood lusting rebels
these deaths won't matter,they'll just get drunk be bitter

their fight is to maim and destroy
setting land mines looking like toys
where kids play,while their parents forage to keep them alive
a wide eyed toddler picks it up,and begins to cry

as it explodes in their bare hands
the rebels act like they're conquering lands
in truth their fight isn't brave nor noble
for too many children actually its fatal

this cruelty is a raging fire
consuming crooks,swindelers and liars
normal who used to be good people of the street
now haunted with whats left  of their broken dreams

so heartwrenching, the stories
kids working in mines,quarries
its this way in each place
all exists this racism and hate

just tears my heart
wish i could help
a disease a burning desire
to let out own pain in Cruel Fire.

[This message has been edited by rhia_5779 (08-19-2006 12:03 PM).]

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cherrys_rule
Member
since 2006-03-18
Posts 442

1 posted 2006-08-19 08:17 AM


That's so said,but true. I hate this world that we live in. It is so cruel. I liked this part mostly

blazing free,running wild
with the control of a child
burning everything in its path
catching the town unaware, a bloodbath

It just caught my eye.
I liked this poem only b/c it's really true. You did a nice job writing this as well. I hope to see more in the future.

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