Carol Mitra Poet Free verse

Doom Lingers

The shadow of death a scene so morbid
A cry now arose from my motherland
I fear when I hear the silent loom
Were those my eyes that swim in doom?
I falter when I see the funeral pyres lit
My heart like stone sinking to the bottom 
of a endless pit
My spirit wounded I shed not a tear
My mind whirling in so much fear
As death approached did he smile with scorn
Or held on tight even at the break of dawn
Fate was mocking entering every door
Deaths rushing vengeance grabbing so many more
How long will he take to build a score
The sky in wrath painted red at dawn
With bended knees I hit the floor
My eyes now closed I beg and implore!

27.4.2021
Sponsor: Funom Makama
Contest: A Poem of Horror. 
A Premier Contest Winner (Third Place )

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Krish Radhakrishna May 13, 2021 at 12:04 PM Congrats on your win, Carol! death and when it comes! every creature fears but death is a greater reality than life! Carol Mitra May 13, 2021 at 5:33 PM Hello Krish....Yes we are born and we die....Inbetween we manage.....Thanks dear Krish :)

Tom Cunningham May 12, 2021 at 11:52 AM Seeing whats happening in India at the moment is heartbreaking to see Carol, you captured the lingering doom well in your verse. A well deserved win, congratulations. Tom Carol Mitra May 12, 2021 at 11:11 PM Yes Tom....what really gets my goat are these terrible politicians who at any given time keep passing the buck and the blame game starts....while poor people without help are left to fend for themselves and die :( Thank you.

Funom Makama May 12, 2021 at 7:27 AM Thank you very much for this wonderful entry. I truly enjoyed your work. A big big congratulations to you. Carol Mitra May 12, 2021 at 9:11 AM Thank you Funom Makama.....Things in India in the second wave of the pandemic is so heart breaking and like a horror show....Tried to express what I saw and felt....much appreciated :)