Blood Spills

(Forbury Gardens 20thJune, terror on the doorstep)

blood spills while Saturday fades
on lawns grown lush with green
refreshed from falls of recent rain
where scented flora fills balmy air
where innocents have convened
to fritter their time away happily

blood spills where daisies grow
in a town park fondly known
where our people find tranquility
share picnics with their dearest ones
yet their fun forever spoiled, silenced
by blades of hate raining down
where blades of soft grass cry out
in unimagined pain

Reviews

[moog-drika]

I can't even express how much reading this write wrenches my heart. The unpredictability of negative weather is really really dangerous. Even if we stay alert, it may not work when the stabs rain suddenly. The imagery is painful but like always you penned down the event beautifully.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you moog-drika. There sure is a great deal of negativity around. I appreciate your thoughts.read moreThank you moog-drika. There sure is a great deal of negativity around. I appreciate your thoughts.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this poem makes me so sad. There is too much of this terror these days, no one feels safe anywhere anymore...such unwarranted bloodshed and unease caused...
frivolous disregard for life.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

The knock on effect is awful. A local school teacher of history is one who died. An American man also died. The third has yet to be named and of course those who suffered injuries and those who witnessed. All in a beautiful park on a Saturday evening, two miles from my home. What sad and destructive times we live in. Thanks Jacob.

Chris

[R.E. Ray]

This is our reality, the inevitable collision of nature and humanity. We seem determined to destroy the goodness for our own ephemeral slice of life. Not even an ocean divides tragedy or pain. Well said, Chris.

[Chris Shaw]

It is good to see you after your break. You have been missed. Hope you are OK. Sadly we had a terror attack in a local park on Saturday. As if covid wasn't enough at the present time to worry about. I appreciate your thoughts.

Chris

[R.E. Ray]

Thank you for your kind note, Chris. It's good to be back. I'm truly sorry to read about the terror attack. Though it's all tragic, it certainly becomes more real when it's local.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Very well portrayed and descriptive with the stabbing bite of injustice sewn between the lines. Good writing.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Fabian. Hits hardest when this happens on your doorstep. And it did last Saturday eve. A terrible act which has had tragic consequences.

Chris