NEVER AGAIN

This I write in memory of the post election violence in Kenya 2007, where people lost lives as a result of violence along political and tribal/ethnic lines. hope we never forget or try again

Never Again

The sound of guns blazing in the air
The sound of women and children screaming
The sound of men crying like kids
That's the sound that plays in my head

The view of men shot point blank
The view of women and girls being raped
The view of kids being slaughtered like chicken
That's the view that lingers in my eye

The smell of fuel spilling
The smell of smoke from burning houses choking me
The smell of human beings burned to death alive
That's the smell that I smell

I hopelessly watched my friends shot
I hopelessly watched my father and brothers butchered alive
I hopelessly watched as my mothers and sisters innocence taken away
I watched helplessly

Its such a sad scene to see
Its such a horrifying spectacle to view
Its such a terrifying thing to witness
My heart bleeds daily from the thought of it

Never again, I pray to God
Never again, I tell myself
Never again, I tell all
Never again, shall our country bleed from tribalism and political stupidity
KENYA MY PRIDE AND JOY

(In memory of Kenya's 2007 post election violence)

©24/04/2014. Darkside14

Author's Note

tell it as it is. Raw truth

Reviews

[KlineXcreed]

I do like this "truth". It is unique and creative. I think you do a good job in balancing truth and creative writing skills. I think this is a very somber piece of work, I hate to think that this is reality but it is.

[darkside14]

thank you very much, much appreciated