Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Perspective Poetry Prompt

BUILDING:  Describe a building as seen by a man whose son has just been killed in a war.  DO NOT mention the son, war, death, or the old man doing the seeing

Saddly,
It reminds me of him.
Everything reminds me of him.
The sounds on the inside echo the past 18 months
My imagination of the blood and tears that were shed
make me shiver
The outside portrays the parts we dont see.
The memories they bring home

But you didnt.

No one is lucky
I am not lucky
This reminds me of you its brand new
so young
but is so worn
the cover still looks calm and happy
even after the hurrican swept through
even after there was no one to take care of it
even when sights and sounds could have wrecked you
it stood

you stood

It took only a short time to destruct
would have happened to anything
your outside finally caught up with you
the pain was out of anyones control

it fell
and so did you.

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