Buried Alive By Fern G. Z. Carr

Shovelfuls of earth

thump, thump, thump

onto a coffin;

inside, frantic gasps

for the vestiges

of oxygen

rationed

by your

subterranean

prison.

 

So speak, shriek

scream, yell,

you will still be trapped

in a living hell

 

a l o n e

 

with only your bones

to bear witness.

 

Fern G. Z. Carr is a former lawyer, teacher and past President of both the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Project Literacy Kelowna Society.