Tuesday, 31 August 2021

THE DEVIL IN THE SKIES

 

From the dark cloudless skies

Comes the engines drone

Of that unseen and menacing evil

In grim formation flown

Then comes the sirens song

Telling of impending death

As the city looks skyward

Holding a collective breath

Long beams of light

Searched out the evil flock

Criss-crossing the darkness

In every quarter of the clock

Towards the shelters

The civilian’s ant like scurry

As the guns began desperately

Trying to stop the enemy

Fire and death rains down

Upon the weary populace

In macabre equality

The walks of life feel deaths embrace

As buildings fall to the ground

In rubble and dust

Life and history instantly erased

After the bombs combust

Then come the sirens again

Calling out loud, all clear

And from underground

The jaded survivors reappear

To count the cost

Of the night at the gates of hell

Then thanking God

For keeping them safe and well

Gaps on the ravaged skyline

Missing Churches and hostelries

Fire still burns where once stood

Homes and factories

Hoping against hope

That their home survived the night

But despite all this

They never thought to give up the fight

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