Hope
I wasn’t there
And can’t imagine
The fear the death, the hopeless crowding
The sick the dying the poor the crying
The black abyss that swallowed all
The world aghast the smoke, the pall
Just writing this it makes me sick
At mankind’s filth, at mankind’s tricks.
No more, forever, we must avert
We must be vigilant we must be alert
But slips unseen around the side
The Reaper coaxes , creeps and rides
And now a handful memories strong
They speak to us but not for long
We must remember and not forget
Those poor poor souls marched to their death.
27/01/2022. 22:10- 22:38
Stephen Gospage
Sun 30th Jan 2022 17:32
A good, powerful poem, Pete.