Pilfered

What has befallen me? Limbs contorted, glass surrounds me, The wails and the screams, A grisly visage What is that burning? Acrid smoke, rising higher, Charring lifeless flesh. Medics scurrying, Giving aid to anyone That can be saved. Body bag loaded, My own face locked within it, My life ends today. This light has been pilfered, The thief clad in steel, Plucked in plain sight, For all to see his heist. What is happening? Mother save me, I am frightened, What did I do? To make him angry. Slurred muttering, What’s he saying? I cannot hear him Just leave me be. Mother please come home, He’s getting closer, ever closer, no! Blow after blow, I don’t know how much longer, I can hold on… This light has been pilfered, The thief drenched in rye. A light so tender, so bright, Tossed to the flies.