Gasps of Witnessed Horrors

I'm shivering, naked, I'm amidst bodies on a cart All I remember is looking up awaiting the water Entangled I am seeing grimaced pinked faces And a solumn looking sky very close to tears Now discarded, left, sensing a sweet acrid smell Knowing the await, soon the others and I Time passes as I drift in and out of reality Then night falls, as I awaken to quieting sobs Accents I hear, that I'd only ever heard in movies Aghast gasps of witnessed horrors befall my ears Crisp morning airs adorn my emaciated frame Slowly my eyes open to a cacophony of cries Gently I feel my skeletal existance being carried Choked voices console as I blearily scan A silent emptiness abounds, even chimney stacks No more I see these ills, these evils, they!
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Kendrick Avatar
December 1, 2021 at 3:17 AM
You have taken the reader to a place of horror in this one. I am thinking Nazi Germany at a prison encampment. Very creative work. Sara
Docherty Avatar
November 18, 2021 at 9:10 AM
Powerful use of detail and strong words of description evoke the smells and emotions of tbis piece. To think there are parts of our world these evils continue is sickeningly sad.
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