NATURE STRIKES, TURKEY BLEEDS,THE WORLD WEEP
Francis Boakye 1988 (Bodwesango in Ashanti Region)
Doomsday, the wailers bow in tears
Fear grips the soul and strips it naked
Hearts bleed, the world watch in panic
Tears flowing freely from feeble eyes
Help! Help! Help!
Soon the shouts die down
The tumbling earth announces its presence
Aiming at souls to swallow
Great and small
Rich and poor
Hades opens the register
And counts the death toll
Buried alive under rubbles
Are souls that dream, souls with vision
Souls with plans for tomorrow
Sadly, tomorrow never comes
A stream of blood runs through the streets
Meandering its ways through the ailing roads
Gushing down deeply into gutters
Precious blood turns waste
Lifeless bodies paraded like soldiers
Lined up like a team of players
Ready to go down the drain
Back to the very soil of their abode
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
In sure and certain hope
Of the resurrection to eternal life.
About this poem
This poem was written to sympathize with the victims of the Turkey earthquake.
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Written on February 06, 2023
Submitted by Nhyira7 on February 28, 2023
Modified on May 02, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 852 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 4, 7 |
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