All the memories living
Wanted to live more
The rooms still remain
Mattresses on the floor
Troubled by the thought
Their sneak might get caught
The children stayed up late
They laughed and they fought
Through the running time
That just seems to slip away
One can only remember
What happened yesterday
Time is truly guilty
Of the murder and the theft
Men and women returned
But not the children that left
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Author:
Emperor (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Time is a criminal for killing the child and stealing childhood.
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Comments2
I loved this poem and its focus on the genocide of childhood. Herod's mandate to kill all the children is a metaphor for time. A most tragic and sad poem of the loss of innocence. A fave
A well written write around the sadness of the loss of innocence and childhood, nicely expressed
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