Haiku Day of Fear

Ten Word Challenge magnificent, eager, sirens, wakes, dispatches, various, places, swings, through, wounded

Haiku Day of Fear

Magnificent day

Turned into a day of fear

Guns exploding here

 

 

Eager childhood play

Interrupted by gunfire

All duck for cover

 

 

Sirens fill the air

Gunfire explodes around us

Its deafening sounds

 

 

My heart of fear wakes

Oh my God, where is my child?

I scream in terror

 

 

Police dispatches

From precincts all over town

Gang wars erupted

 

 

Various playthings

Monkey bars, merry-go-round

She played on all these

 

 

More places I look

Sandbox and the sliding-board

But she isn’t there

 

 

I see her at last

She’s on the swings over there

I see her falling

 

 

Through all the red blood

I watch her life-force failing

Oh God let her live

 

 

Paramedics come

Access the wounded

This one’s still alive

 

 

My prayer is answered

Through all the blood and the gore

My child is alive

 

 

The big city life

And all the places to go

Has lost its luster

 

 

Need the simple life

Where sirens don’t fill the air

No guns exploding

 

 

Magnificent move

Far from the gang violence

Down the country roads

 

 

Quiet little town

West Virginia our new home

Swings are a safe place

 

 

Police dispatches

To help find her lost kitten

No more blood and gore

 

 

She wakes each morning

A bright smile upon her face

There’s nothing to fear

 

 

Various flowers

Katie picks in the back yard

Hides behind her back

 

 

She’s eager to play

And there’s no fear in her eyes

No fear in my heart

 

 

Only wounded here

Are skinned knees bandaged by Mom

And tears kissed away

Reviews

[Tovli]

great haiku, Nancy. thanks for sharing it at the 10/40. (sorry for the delay in reading!) tovli

[Fran Marie]

Congratulations!! on a great win!!

[Fanciful Goddess]

AWE!!!! That was sad and soo very beautiful.Great haiku poem.Very imaginative..is this a true story or just a thought? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!

[Helena]

Bravo for this superb write. Absolutely outstanding submission.
~ Helena