so many stood
with secrets in their eyes
as the cityscape spiralled behind
and the sky a deeply bruised recipient
of smoke and screams
frightened souls
brooded ghoulish above the flickering famished flames
which clawed the tower
the cladding
as many stood in abject disbelief
unable to assist as the pyrotechnic bedlam
spat and chewed
to a pathos of blue flashing lights and sirens
adding to the surreal flux
apocalyptic frenzy
and the death toll crept to 72
so many of them children
their easy dreams and innocence lost forever
and many prayed to many gods
built shrines and looked for answers
in this unreal city
where one year on the politicians bicker still
refuse responsibility while picking bones
institutional indifference
tyranny
and to think we thought this time
might be different
as silently in green we marched beneath the gutted monolith.
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