Hell-fire smokes
Flame gropes
Darkness cloaks
Blood soaks
As an earthly candle's glow flickers
With a broad stroke triggers
Tears rain fears
Blind seers
A shadow emerges
To requiem's dirge
As the bullet surges
Senseless violence
Innocence silenced
As the phoenix rises
By Shannon McKemie, M.A.
07-25-2012