sky

the words, they’re

useless.

the actions, they’re

useless.

the trying, it’s

useless.

me, i’m

useless.

How easily you can hide

Filled with people and excited whispers

Of new job opportunities.

Then, the voices were hushed,

In its place a cacophony of screams from the front.

"Odd," they thought, "what could be going on?"

Next came the sound of gunfire,

Piercing through the air like bullets.

Alarm turned into panic,

But there was no way out.

Last of all was the silence,

An emptiness replacing the cheerful symphony.

The sound of loss played at full volume,

Overwhelming everyone.

The air was thick with emotions,

Panic, confusion, then, realisation.

The truck came back the next day,

written word lies within you

They blew the building down

The building, which had been

Carefully built by the man,

Bricks laid meticulously

Walls painted in bright colours

Now lay in the dust,

Brought down by them

Everything stopped.

Heads turned,

Wanting to see his reaction.

No one missed the tear

Running down his cheek

But he simply sighed and

Bent down to pick up a brick

With a gentle smile

He said

Are now only reminders

It’s supposed to be a dead muscle,

Contracting and relaxing with will.

It’s not supposed to happen,

They’re looking up at me

They want me back

But they can’t stop me

I’m not looking back

Nothing is stopping me

Would you knock back?

If I smiled at you

Would you smile back?

If I hugged you

Would you hug back?

If I loved you

That much is certainly true

But I just can’t tell the difference

Between the dreams and prophecies

So I close my eyes and hope

That the vision would come true

But if it was a dream

Watered with my tears

You think it would end here

But wait a couple of years

And now you have a tree