In Here

As I stand to watch the clouds of smoke I wonder the numbers of pains evoked I stare hard into colored flames Mourning the now forgotten names In this flame was a rich man I once envied In here was a beautiful woman I once adored In here was a baby so innocent In here was a maid noble and descent In here was a pastor more prayerful than i In here was a sinner living so high In this ash was once a bride to be In here was a struggling mother of three In here was a now widowed woman's husband In here are mysteries we cannot understand In here now lies Bidemi's lover In here lies a now childless woman's daughter In here were children screaming for mama In here was a bed ridden boy's papa In here was an old man with scanty teeth In here was a baby with unsteady feet In here were fighters whose groans were silenced In here were folks who never wished to be cremated In here are lessons that are for real In here could have been either you or me By: Adams Elizabeth Oyarese