Goodbye My Brethren

• Jesse Stevens, Grade 8, Living Waters Lutheran College
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition

Black rain and blood will soak my clothes,
ash will stain my skin.
Murky smoke to block my eyes,
tortured by my guilt and sin.
Ghastly screams are lullabies,
as I stand alone.
Valleys of flowers turn to graves,
and anguish burns my bone.
We yelled peace and they yelled pride,
left to mourn my friends who died.
We took an eye for an eye and now we're all blind.

All I have left is my final...Goodbye.