Not of my body
Nor present form
But of my village I held so dearly
Watching my loved ones die
As they scream
From the agony
Telling me to run
Tears mixed with ashes
Fell
As I ran from the flame stricken home
Noting the distance I was as my greatest nightmare
Became my reality
The cave listened to my sobs
Of many years
Until the dreaded say
I believed I was strong enough
Came....
My village reeked of ashes and smoke
The death killing all
My family's skeletons
Shined bare within the dirt
Memories flashed
The dances
The festival
The group happiness
.....all gone
The trigger was pulled
To the gun that shattered my reality
The dance once
Of pride and freedom to the village
Encoded
Beyond my furthest memories
As a distant tear
Rolled
Down
My cheek once more
Oh how so
Like long ago
I cry in the name of my people
I cry beyond their gravesite
No longer covered
By ash
But shadows of the, past
I cry....
For the life I loved...
Gone back
Into....ash