Speaking the Unspeakable
two little boys
took a ride
on the sensor-triggered
car park security gate
it went up & up & up
as programmed
holding & squashing
the boys like fruit
the one still alive
managed to beg
“help me God
help me God”
the trust, the belief
he uttered was dismal
beyond measure,
& then repeated by his father
“the Lord gives
and the Lord takes away”
profound & simple
at the same time
shocked by this level
of belief
but also hearing the maxim
that raised
this earthly tragedy to
the heavens…
& gave them the power
to endure
- © Erina Booker 2023
Erina Booker is a Sydney/Tweed Heads based poet, whose life revolves around Poetry. She has published 11 collections, recites at public functions, belongs to poetry & writing groups, presents seminars, judges competitions, & also publishes in anthologies, & online. She has a major is Literature & Composition within her BA, & post-graduate studies in Counselling taught her more about the value of the pause. Her work may be found in Amazon, Lulu Press, & InHouse Publishing.
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