Mimi Shapiro
Global Studies 8H
Found Poem
10-11-2017
Night Found Poem
To look at all those hostile faces, endure those hate-filled stares,
They were the first faces of hell and death.
Ruled by delusion,
Absolute evil of man,
we felt the abyss opening beneath us
Merely space, until the end of time,
seeking redemption, seeking oblivion, without any hope of finding either.
Our terror could no longer be contained.
My soul had been invaded—and devoured—by a black flame
Never shall I forget
the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
The child I was had been consumed by the flames,
We share the same fate. The same smoke hovers over all our heads
All that was left was a shape that resembled me
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live
it had been through an epidemic: empty and dead
Hell does not last forever… help each other. What irony.
Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later.
The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and w a i t …
tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned
WARNING! DANGER OF DEATH
the shadow of an expression. Defeat
You don't know me?
"Don't kill yourself. There's no hurry
Already forgotten?
"Don't waste your t e a r s …"
All this under a magnificent blue sky.
Mimi, I love the feeling of this poem and I think it does not have one topic it has a little bit of everything and so much to tell.
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ReplyDeleteThis poem is very strong but it's also VERY long. If it was shortened a bit, it would be a little better, but it's the best one I've read so far! Keep up the good work! :)
Mimi, This poem has some very strong language and makes you think, but it is a little long and it sorta confuses your mind because you have to think so much. If you got rid of a stanza maybe it would be better.
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