Manchester bombing
Hthis came up on my fb memories today. A poem I wrote when the Manchester bombing happened
Senseless
Excited young faces in the crowd
As they watched Ariana perform
Cheering one moment, terrified the next
A demon had caused a storm
Children, parents, brothers and sisters
Were plunged into a horrible nightmare
Crying and screaming, frantically fleeing
The news was so difficult to bear
Reports of a bomb in Manchester Arena
Were shouting from our screens
People were fleeing for their lives
We could hear the bloodcurdling screams
We witnessed the panic, felt the tension
People all around were crying
Stunned and shocked, in sheer disbelief
People were falling and dying
A monster came, took innocent lives
For why? It makes no sense
Those poor souls, were cruelly killed
They simply had no defence
As a new day unfolded, realisation set in
It wasn’t a nightmare at all
This really did happen, unbelievably so
Those innocents, they really did fall
The perpetrator, a cowardly monster
He died on the same fateful night
For eternity we hope he burns in hell
While our innocents reached heavenly light
©Bev Haigh