Message To Keep

Guns blazing, windows shattered!

The little boy woke up from his sleep.

The dull thud at the door, and shallow shout,

The little boy had a message to keep.

A bomb exploded and the ground shook,

With a struggle to stand, the little boy took a leap.

He lives alone since the sickening night,

When the town was left in half.

A million died, a million survived, and a mother lost.

The little boy walked out onto the street,

I stood aghast, for war is cruel,

And before I could move, a bullet passed,

Grazing my shoulder and into the boy's heart.

I ran across the rattling streak,

A dull thud on the ground, and a shallow shout, 

I now had a message to keep.