Drop Zone

Drop Zone (contest entered “Make their jaws drop”) Singing and her little jaw dropping and closing for tune and amazing melodies enchanting the maize to mature Fatima was herding the sheep after school beautiful a child of nature innocent humming Just one animal at a time nurtured wandering wondering slaughtered sacrificed in time for food when water would come for the garden and soul the thunder approaching bringing gifts droplets of growth Heaven ignited a lullaby combusting when explosive torrents descended liquefied imprinted her little mind again and once more The bombs brought tears and fears desolation fire shrapnel on impact from Gods of greed and exploitation Fatima’s tune and prayers stopped in time for sheepish scattering shattering bleeding disembowelment Her jaw dropped one final time when the bones crushed and she and her dismembered jaw fell to the ground 27th May 2016