VISUAL PROMPT
by Adellanuki @ deviantart
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Write a story or poem that could be titled 'My City on Fire'.
My City On Fire
The world is burning
But they tell me I’m wrong
As oceans rise
And kingdoms of plastic conquer more land
I am slowly choking
While the world dies
Trapped by my own knowledge
Watching everyone waiting to see who will put out the fire first
While they add more kerosene to the pile
In the very City I love
Things are falling apart
I pass people with beds of concrete
While guns are being used like toys
Our very streets are being avoided like death
Going to school is a daily risk
But staying home isn’t any safer
I guess it’s easier to ignore the problems
Because its harder to do something about it
Because everything is controversial these days
You can’t even be kind without be biased
Tell me how basic human rights is this complicated
I cant even remember a time when people were just people
Has our dignity been forgotten?
So maybe our world is sinking
Under the weight of loss and destruction and war
But maybe our world deserves it after all the evil alive and slithering
Maybe we’ve broken a line
Or have passed it so long ago we can’t even see it anymore
Maybe our world on fire is meant to burn
But then how can I believe that when I see a single person with a littlest bucket putting out the largest flame
These broken people with a shattered hope still trying
It makes me wonder:
Could we be a pheonix from the ashes?
Or will we continue to burn until were nothing but dust in the wind?