Buildings shattered by shells
Empty playgrounds no longer
Echo children’s laughter,
Empty silences
Full of despair
Market places devoid
Of traders,
Streets abandoned
No-go areas
Innocents sieged,
Evacuations hindered
Bewildered; lost
In a city once beautiful
Now in ruins,
Debris
Blood stains cover
The cobbled streets
Shattered windows,
Bullet holes riddle the
Architecture
A city destroyed,
Is all that’s left?
