The elephant trumpeted as she fled across the river;

The young boy screamed as he ran from his village hut;

The net closed, as the soldiers raced along the causeway;

The troops quickly spread around the settlement;

Two soldiers leapt from their unequal chariot;

He tried to hide in his bewildered mind;

She stopped momentarily, not knowing where to go;

He looked backward as the soldiers began to kill;

A rifle tracked her as she fought to reach her sanctuary;

A soldier grabbed his arm as he ran between the huts;

Bullets smashed into her skull as she tottered on her legs;

He just stood there as a machete cleaved his head;

She had tried to reach her refuge, but toppled to her death

His soul cried out, and from above, he never understood?