Pompeii

 Blinding lights, flashing and burning,

Scolding heat, a wave, crashing

Churning waves, thick and molten, 

Sparks spraying, glowing and glistening, 

Houses screaming, fire licking, 

Cattle running from a sight that's sickening, 

Birds crying, fleeing with trepidation, 

Bare feet padding, running with desperation, 

A town falling, crumbling into black, 

Streets seared with blood and ash,

Stray cats, melting away,

A fiery element, eating everything

People sobbing, screaming, shouting, 

For lost ones, now bones and ashes

Crowds of people and animals alike, 

Spluttering for breath,

Hands trembling, a lust for safety, 

Now at a distance, 

Casting last glances, 

A ruined Pompeii, 

A heartbreaking doomsday

 

Written by Mudga 

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