CrAckEd sToNE fLooRS

AnD
lives are changed on
sTepS
by doors where helpless sits
oN 
Cracked stone floors
AnD 
children hold up souls so
olD
and shiver in a warm
dAYs
cold cold CoLd
aNd

tears drip a life away as
yOUng
girls plea to brothers
sTaY
and plea plea plea to
bRotHerS
Stay stay stay
ANd

young boys beg
pleAsE
come with me, I'm
SCaReD
To go and leave now
sO
please come with me
pLEasE
Come with me today
anD

eyes and eyes just cry
cRY 
Cry, as children stand and
diE
Die die and say goodbye and
cRy
and say goodbye
ANd

lives are lost on stone
coLD
floors when hearts are killed
oN
steps by doors, and
sMAll 
hearts bleed bleed
bLEeD 
on cracked stone
fLOoRs

Marion Price( 2020)