Laughter laced with fear
Captured among final goodbyes
Cracked and broken fingernails; all that remains
Claw marks on walls
Bodies abandoned for years
Sinking into the deepness of the water
Families without closure
Dreams trapped within an ocean prison
Forever buried in a cold embrace
475 Bodies
171 left with a pulse
The rest consumed in an ocean grave
Students of Danwon High School
Left for a school trip
250 students were left to drown
They could have been saved
They could have escaped
They were told to stay; obeyed
Parents buried children, some with no body
Stood in empty bedrooms
And waited for a miracle that never came
Making empty beds
Trying to undo what’s been done
Losing faith in their nation
One man's selfishness
Took hundreds of dreams
And turned them into debris
As cherry blossoms bloom
Families grieve
Still waiting for a miracle
As cherry blossoms fall
Families fight
For the ones who no longer can
For my english class we were told to write a convergence twain poem about a disaster or tragedy that we thought had a big impact. I chose to write mine on the Sewol Ferry Disaster that happened in 2014. I wrote about it because it is such a terrifying event to imagine going through, I feel like it wasn't talked about enough. I can't imagine going on a school trip and then suddenly my ship is sinking because my captain decided safety wasn't his first priority. It makes me sick to think those people lost their lives to his selfishness.