Brother save us, we are burning!

'brother, save us, save us 

we are burning!' 

the children screamed 

from inside a school bus on fire

despite the smoke and flames

the children didn't tire 

of screaming, 

till their very last breaths

till their very last tiny breaths-

'brother, save us, save us

we are burning!' 

and he tried 

he did, the young man 

a distressed youth 

but it was no use, 

he broke the glass

he tried to save them 

but by then

too much time had passed

the fire had spread

and the fire had led

the children to burn to death
 'brother save us, save us 

we are burning' 

he's still turning 

around their desperate plea's

at night its hard to sleep 

-16 children died today

in Pakistan, in a school bus fire-

let's talk about that

let's talk about how precious 

their tiny lives were
let's talk about the absent bus driver
who left the burning children
shouting 'brother save us,
save us, we are burning...'