An Unexpected Visit

Life like a cancer grows; But not here below; People cheer for sadness; And eerily smile, ear to ear. See the waves crash like falling ash; Covering the skin of all near, Watch the people never ask, “What’s it like to see clear?” Don’t wait for me in the end; Run ‘till you can’t, Wait for nothing and never show your strength bend; And never let it snap. Now as I watch a city burn, I feel the people’s sorrow, Never ceasing to weep, Never waiting to wolow. This is a city of pain, And though we feel the fire, We’ll never stop shouting, Even if we grow tired. Death can’t discriminate, It takes, and takes, and takes; And when you ask it to stop, It won’t go away. Heartbeats stop, Bodies drop, Children scream, And birds don’t preen. Without horror or fear, I stand alone, In a city of bodies, Right outside my home.