Helpless

help me I scream.
Unanswered I run.
The sky ablaze.
My life torn.
Uprooted.
Ash all around.
To my knees I fall.
My cries unheard. 
The world ablaze.
Around me I see.
Not fire but hate.
Not ash but greed.
Let it burn.
I scream.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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April 16, 2016 at 1:11 AM
Kiefer Cannon. Nice to read your poem today. enjoyed ~LINDA~
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