My ear drums echoed wildly
as I regained conciousness.
I was half in and half out of the house
disorientated and in a daze.
Confusion gripped my mind
as my soul refused to accept.
What I saw defied belief
and filled my heart with grief.
My family lay in shattered ruins
all inert and blown to bits.
My home and those I loved had gone
in a second of unleashed terror.
I could not see my wife and baby
I broke through a wall.
Together in each others arms
they lay dead.
I scrambled outside into bright sunshine
to find neighbours in trauma.
Screams and cries everywhere
as the dust settled about us.
What had we done to deserve this?
are we bad people?
I wanted to be taken to heaven
there and then.
To be together with all of them.
A distant explosion brought me back
to where I was in my flat.
I could not cry or think,
my eyes did blink.
There was nothing to live for
all was lost