The painted sneering leer, teeth bared,
the siren screams, terror accessories,
Stuka diving, payload emptying,
the silence of light, a moment
before the wall of air hits,
sound boiling inside your head,
Your mother rises, tentative,
unsteady, sapling in the rubble, picks
you up, her seed,
your own hand grey like hers,
as the dust settles, she sees
your eyes open
and her eyes stream, relieved, defiant,
channels in the grime.
©Mel Melis, June 2012
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