Challenge
You're a Pompeiian poet. Volcanic ash is raining down. You write one last poem. What is it?
Home
The place I call home
Is crumbling around my feet
Where do I go now?
Do I dare to stay?
Some say that we have no choice
But my mind's been made
I'll breathe in the ash
With my very last breath and
Let it bury me
I was born here
And my children were born here
Now it is our grave
We'll die, hands entwined,
Eyes towards a blood-red sky
Screams filling the air
We will die at home,
The place where we learned to live
Our burial ground
Let the others run
Our feet are firmly planted
We are not afraid
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