The Reality of a Generation
Children walking the halls
Lovers kissing in the stairwell
Friends sharing a joke between classes
Tired students scrambling
Half-finished homework in their hands
Can you hear the screams?
Suddenly, a sound freezes a moment
Stories are left mid-sentence,
Abandoned as the world stops.
Every single thing holds its breath,
Bam
Can you hear the screams?
We scatter, desperate to find safety.
Any door that will lock,
Every dark corner filled with bodies.
We abandon all, nothing matters now,
As we race to save our lives
Can you hear the screams?
The world has again gone silent
We sit, hearts racing, eyes closed,
Tears pooling, not allowed to fall,
For fear that the sound of terror,
Would be heard in a single drop.
Can you hear the screams?
Mom stops work for the call,
The unshed tears of her child
Roll freely down her cheeks,
Dad abandoned the cart, racing for the car
And although they can do nothing but wait, they are there.
Can you hear the screams?
Fast forward years later,
As nightmares plague the living
And death has reaped its chosen
Though some walked out that day,
None truly survived
And I ask you again
Can you hear the screams?