Day 15 of my NaPoWriMo Challenge

Today, I’d like to challenge you to write your own dramatic monologue. It doesn’t have to be quite as serious as Browning or Shakespeare, of course, but try to create a sort of specific voice or character that can act as the “speaker” of your poem, and that could be acted by someone reciting the poem. 

From on high, I watch....

the burning of my city

smoke billowing skyward

choking the air I breath

clogging up my lungs

like lava crawling along it`s path

flames destroying our heritage

engulfing a 1000 years of history

when will it cease?

from screams of the dying

to the pain of the injured

my people are suffering 

this barbaric war

my heart is in pain

I feel for my people

who have given so much

that I may go on to conquer ….

(C) Lissie Bull 2019

image from on Tumblr titled `the lone rider`