Rushed out of my bed,
the horrendous sight I behold before me,
orange flames soaring ,
dark smoke went curling ,
Crackling! Crackling! Pat! pow!
Eerie of 'help! help!
call the fire brigade! '
went out.
trembling old Peter clung onto his even more devastated spouse.
all around him was scores of people indeed,
all model of smart phones,
with flash lights shining like stars on a new moon night.
Yes! yes! all live view,
lightening speed technology after all.
when dawn came ,
I opened the news paper, headlines read,
'according to sources, an elderly couple was left homeless after fire ravaged their home last night'
swiping down news feed, there was the video,
one thousand views and likes and it goes on,
Facebook Instagram, YouTube, you name it.
All hash tag 'so sad for the elderly couple '
popularity is important of course.
all sympathetic on social media.
But no saying of the cries ignored,
not even a consoling hug in reality.
And the news goes on,
''according to sources''
©chandinie
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