A 15-year-old's life is lost
Swimming with friends in the Sun
But what's the untimely cost?
Plenty of pools around
The poor girl drowned
Found in the dam, damn
I was sat in the pub across the road
Unaware of the drama set to unfold
The chopper was circling
Sirens were all blaring
I enjoyed my meal unaware
Disheartened when I heard they couldn't save her
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Shaunmatthewcpoetry (
Offline) - Published: June 5th, 2023 01:15
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on our screens, true devastating
tragedy
seems far removed from our
reality
till, its our turn
to feel, how precious a life truly is
witnessing that pain, fallout
as morbid legacy of a shortened
life
and we, too numbed by life
ask ourselves
have we lost the capacity, to feel
to empathise
why didn't we have a clue
that mere miles from our smiles
death
was reading those last rights
to a despairing heart
...
(love the humane empathy
in your chosen subject
and poetic wording dear Poet
Brilliant!)
Thanks very much, appreciate it, such a cold and heartless world.
It seems to be happening too often nowadays, do people no longer care Coolcuk.
Andy
Very sad, whoever led her in there will have to live with her death for the rest of their lives.
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