waiting on rooftops
survivors are waiting on rooftops
bodies in the water oh there are
bodies in the water everywhere
washed out buildings corpse and
carcass caught up with cars and
contents the children are on the
roof do you know that drowning
pulls you face down you float you
hope your family is on the rooftop
not among the bodies that go by
we could only save the children
a voice is sunk with hope in the
waves all of the waves goodbye.
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- goldmourn (
amberdawnpullin) wrote,
goldmourn
poem: waiting on rooftops
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Voice Post: Two of Gwendolyn MacEwen's poems
Related: Gwendolyn MacEwen ~> 'Dark Pines Under Water' ~> Memoirs of a Mad Cook
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all I cannot save
My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no…
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and (i) flew to the ceiling to escape
Once I was being attacked by a monster in the dream world. It seethed evil and each breath sucked out precious oxygen. The monster lumbered toward…
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