The Girl

by Imogen   Sep 1, 2006


The girl stands alone.
She doesn't know who she is anymore;
Not now that everyone has gone,
Everyone she loves,
Everyone she cares about.

She looks around the place that she calls home,
Roads of rubble littered with bodies,
Bricks where homes and families once were,
Corpses on the roads where children used to play;
Everywhere she looks is death and destruction.

The sordid music of fighting fills the air;
A steady rhythm of gunshots with a meloncholy melody of cries cutting the darkness like a murderer's knife.

She closes her eyes and tries to blot out everything; the images of destruction, the sounds of pain, the stench of death;
But no matter how hard she presses her hands to her ears, she cannot rid them of the terrible screams that fill them.
The confusion builds up inside her,
Until she's ready to explode.
That's when she realises the screams aren't outside,
They're burning from within her, trying to find a way out.

So she screams,
Her final scream,
As the bullet thuds into her heart.

The innocent killed by soldier's play.
An unawere victim of a game gone far too far.

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  • 16 years ago

    by lonelynow

    Wow. wow.

    The last few lines really hit you.

    this is amazing.

  • 17 years ago

    by NothingGoldCanStay

    Lovely poem. Very sad.

    I thought the ending was excellent.

    So she screams,
    Her final scream,
    As the bullet thuds into her heart.

    The innocent killed by soldier's play.
    An unawere victim of a game gone far too far.

    ^ Very morbid-like. ;]

    Take Care,
    N-G-C-S.

  • 17 years ago

    by Dana

    Wow....just wow. It's so great and depressing. But what makes it more depressing is that it's happening and there seems to be a veil created by the government hiding all the monstrosity, it's sad! But this poem is just great. The words couldn't be put better. Great write m'dear!
    5/5
    ~Dana

  • 17 years ago

    by Esther

    I like this poem a lot, even though it's kind morbid and sad! i really like the last two lines, 'the innocent killed by soldiers play. an unaware victim of a game gone too far' i like that u make it sound like a game gone wrong!

  • 17 years ago

    by LadyPearl

    Very creative, expressive poem. I liked your details.
    The first stanza could be better, it sounded a bit plain and short.
    You can also work on the flow. Keep it up

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