Buried Alive Poem by Sludy Ma C Lela

I feel cold
I'm shivering
I said it loud in the casket
I knocked, I kicked
I screamed... please somebody can you hear me

There was noise, people chatting
People laughing
When they sang, I was drowning in tears, sobbing
I'm scared, what happened, where am I
I was told, I ignored, now here I am
I recognized, I felt, I heard the voice of my mom
When she said (God took back what he borrowed us)
My heart cracked, I was trapped
I screamed...
please somebody can you hear me

My tears start rolling down
Trying to recall what happened
Why and how long, what put me here?
I wasn't sick, I wasn't high?
I wasn't drunk, or maybe I was
Where are my friends, where are they?
How could they, how could they do this to me?
I was looking for someone to blame
That wasn't helping, I got to get out of here
Something must be done, I'm not dead
Mom… Dad….
I am hear please batswading baka (My Parents)
I am still breathing
My time was running out, I was losing it
Watching my life drifting away
I screamed....
please somebody can you hear me

The pastor is asking the family members
of the deceased to come forward
I realized my days were numbered
My life is fading away
My time is drying out
This is me… feeling so helpless
I cried....
please somebody can you hear me

Shovels start singing for me
I screamed my lungs out,
I screamed…. God why me
Why are my days ending like this?
Everything went quiet,
I go silent
It was over…. Done

I WAS BURIED ALIVE……