Confines of Despair

by Ronald Edwards   Aug 28, 2010


Slivers of light cut thru dust clouds
of cement and pain while desperation
crys out in vain.
Twisted steel, shaken and bent
imprison broken dreams and abandoned futures.
Dogs sniff ,barking wildly
pushing their once black moist noses,
now caked with death and destruction,
into the nightmares of limbo.
Prayers, petitions and laments
fuse into sorrow and utter horror.
A lone childs hand breaks free from beneath
the rubble of desolation
in a last ditch effort for salvation
grasping at the fleeting vestiges of life itself.
Relief finds it mark ,
as an orphan is dragged free
back into a world of misery.
Hungrily the confines of despair
swallow pitiful masses
left behind to share eternity
below the streets of Haiti.

*** as written,donated and published for the Haiti Relief Fund to help those who suffered ***

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  • 14 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    By writing this you have brought the despair and sadness of so many orphaned children to
    this site which will be read by many..a moving write..take care.

  • 14 years ago

    by Cindy

    Ron
    It was hard to read this without crying. You have put so much emotion into this piece. Your words paint such a vivid picture for the mind.
    Excellent job!
    Take Care
    Cindy

  • 14 years ago

    by Ronald Edwards

    I wrote this poem at the request of three publishers I know. Each of them generated books and sold them with all proceeds going to the Haiti Relief Fund. I can't mention the books or publishers here but I feel honored to have been given this opportunity and honored that you read it and appreciated as well

    pray for them
    ron

  • 14 years ago

    by Sunshine

    1st..ut title is perfect regarding the concept of ur poem..

    events like this id not even imagine a happier poem.. this is sad witht its lines...images..expressions and whole concept

    but one thing to smile about
    u expressed it
    perfectly amazing
    5/5

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