The Darkest Day

• Debbie Pastor, Grade 6, The King David School - Middle School - Magid Institute
• Poetry
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

The red marks brighten on my skin bloody, bruised, destroyed
Family, I look around for, gone, dead, vanished, disappeared
I look up at the amber sky, the orange amber sky,
That reminds me of my family….gone, dead
And never coming back, forever alone
Gunshots rain down I run, Bang, Ow
Bang, Ugh, Boom, Crash, Crack
my arm hurt, something falls
On top of some escapists
Me.. the only survivor
I turn...to someone
Then….BANG
The pain shot
Threw, then
nothing