Accountability by Annie Trevorah They lie unconscious with laboured breathing Thick black smoke and raging heat 4th floor to 24th in 36 minutes Money saving materials, face-saving deceit Choking stairwell helmet meltingly hot Fighting deaf and fighting blind Attack retreat, attack retreat Where are you? Closing doors never to open Closing mouths never to speak Towering inferno holds people captive Told to stay in death trapped flats Combustible cladding fuel to the fire Falling debris and breached walls cracking Ash filled sky and oxygen sharing Immeasurable loss, unimaginable pain Embers and ash cloaking death Last messages remain where no remains Haunting words of human suffering Silence and silenced Account-ability, omitted and denied Responsibility avoided and implied Financial self-interest as politicians pass on costs Justice deserved but outcome delayed 5 years and counting Opaque truths in shrouded shame mask culpability and blame Little comfort, no comfort For those who remain