LOSS II
Heart-breaking cries violently tore up
The unbearable silence
The senses suddenly deadened
And everyone’s heart broke up
To jigsaw pieces of a hideous past
At the unprovoked blast
Sirens of sorrow took control
The sweet voices stopped echoing
In the schoolyards - no noise at all
And from the trees all fruits fell
The branches bent down dead
As rage reared suddenly its ugly head.
Even teardrops turned to stone
When finally the eyes shut
Forever cold, eternally alone
As holy soil covered them up
Ash to ash, dust to dust.
The flowers gave out for the last time
Their precious scent to the source of life
Promising never again to feel alive
Since their pure love had been betrayed
And a black dawn rushed out bearing blood and pain
All over scarlet clouds and weeping rain,
the sun shone stiff, cold and still -
suddenly it all seemed an unbearable shame
Whenever a child searched for love in vain
Whenever a kid got abused and whipped
or utterly worse – even wretchedly –
got lost or indifferently killed…