All my life I felt immortal <br />Family, fortune, I had it all <br />Then a second is all it took <br /> My world, my dream place shook <br />The sky seemed to touch my feet <br />The roar, the sound, the sizzling heat <br />I tried to move, to run, to hide <br />Every organ of my body cried <br />The suffocating heat and the dust <br />The sickening smell of dead and rust <br /> <br />I was trapped in a world of dark <br />I screamed but it left no mark <br />I cried for help, waited desperately <br />I wondered what had been happening lately <br />Was it day or was it night <br />Would some one ever bring me light <br /> <br />It hurt to breath or open my eyes <br />My throat was dry with desperate cries <br />I’ll die in here, no one will know <br />The feeling arises as time grow <br />No food to eat, nothing to drink <br />The angels of hope now slowly sink <br /> <br /> <br />My tears are dry after so long <br />Soon I will return to where I belong <br />I might as well die today, you know <br />I just do not want the pain to grow <br /> <br /> <br />But those who still live up there <br />Who walk the earth with little fear <br />And those who lost all they had <br />And dig the rubble with little aid <br />Give them help don’t be late <br />For who knows, how many like me wait <br />We need you now, more than ever <br />Help us please be our savior <br />For if we cannot pay you back <br />May God give you blessings special pack <br /> <br /> <br />(On 8th October 2007 a devastating earthquake struck the Northern Part of Pakistan. It destroyed every thing, hundreds of people were killed and millions were left homeless. Schools, colleges and universities were washed away. This poem I wrote depicting the feelings of a young girl who is trapped in her damaged house and have no knowledge of what all is happening outside) <br /> <br />Syeda Beenish Jalil<br /><br />Syeda Beenish Jalil<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-desparate-plea/
