Tower Block, Syria
bullet-hole windows
balconies tinged with grey
and the roof full of stones
sunrise spreads and behind
the sky booms and booms
a burnt block close by
smoke thickens to blue
it moves like a demon
tastes of mortar and blood
Joanna Ezekiel‘s collection Centuries of Skin was published by Ragged Raven Press in 2010. She blogs at http://mydelayedreactions.blogspot.com/