Black smoke billows outward and high into space
It devours your being, and surrounds you like death
Suffocating your lungs, and leaving a most unavoidable trace
You labor for fresh air, and fight for every breath
This grotesque demonstration could been avoided
Had we glimpsed inside the monster that grows
But the arsonist wanted the fiery show exploited
All for the value of a humanity freak show
He lusts after the fear he easily instills
While supplying his inner demented craving
As he watches miles of destruction of wooded hills
He cares not that he is inexplicably misbehaving
As he destroys, this creature shows no failure to thrive
He only seeks to feed his internal engine by watching people die.
Published by Sherri Granato
Sherri is a freelance writer who was born in Delaware, but currently lives in southwestern Pennsylvania. She has traveled the United States extensively in search of everything from the best to the strangest... View profile
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26 Comments
Post a CommentExcellent writing:)
awesome writing! I just did not work up the courage to try the sonnet.
excellent writing; thanks for sharing:) Happy Easter
Awesome:)
Good one with a powerful slap.
Very powerful sonnet, with lots of imagery. Good luck in the contest!
Wow!
Beautifully done, and very powerful imagery. Thanks!
wonderful
Fabulous work, good luck!! :-0 :-) Enjoyed!