James Fraser Poet Quatrain

In a Different Dream

I awoke this morning
In this UK land
Where people went about
Their daily plan

Someone else awoke
In a different dream
All he left behind
Were silent screams

His twin brother
Their Solicitor at work
A colleague, a friend
What lit this spark

His rampage continued
From village to village
Hindsight, gun sight
Leaden pillage

Many others perished
To this mind from 
The flick of a switch
His internal bomb

Then the inevitable
To a wooded covering
Can't face the music
No guilty hearing

Once again
There's the ones left behind
Who have to unravel
This man from mankind



America and Finland have seen recent events on a tragic scale.
The UK has in the past seen such events also with Hungerford
and the children in Dunblane. Sadly we see it once again.



May his soul ROT in HELL.



http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/loss-5.php

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Jayne Eggins June 6, 2010 at 7:12 AM Speaking of poems ....brilliant I am speechless again ... well written James Love Jayne

Carrie Richards June 4, 2010 at 5:43 PM Just heard more commentary on this tragic even this morning....so senseless, how a peaceful place with innocent folks could become a place of horror in a moment...so sad.

Sara Kendrick June 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM James, I am not watching the news very much and don't know what this is about...However, it doesn't sound good if it involves doing wrong to children.. Good rhyme and rhythm...Sara

Joyce Johnson June 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM Good work James. I have been reading about this senseless act with sadness and have written poems about similar happenings in the past. I have one posted. "The Quiet Ones". It is so sad. It has to be insanity but why pick on innocents? Thanks for posting . Love, Joyce

Sharon Tideswell June 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM Hi James, it certainly has made sad and shocking news over the last few days. Your last stanza is just perfect - unravelling this man from mankind. I doubt we'll ever know what really drove him to carry out such murderous attacks, but what ever his demons in life, I hope he has many more in death. Good write on a difficult subject.