Shadows At The Door

Shadows At The Door

"It’s helter-skelter in the streets,”
I said watching the news.
"But it's not here,
I have no fear,”
I said watching the news.

"Widows cry and children scream.
They're far away from here.”
Touching, I see
but not to me.
“They're far away from here."

Dark flames of this Satan’s spell
touch us every day.
We long for light
Yet only night
touches us every day.

We can’t turn away from what goes on
and sacrifice what's right.
We cannot yield
to what’s been revealed
and sacrifice what's right.

An entry for September 3rd round of "The Daily Poem" 
Prompt: I have provided you with the complete lyrics to five different songs. Choose ONE song. Write a poem using ONLY the words contained in the lyrics.
Song: American Pie - Don McClean
Line Count: 20
Form: The Roundabout   is a four stanza poem, with each stanza consisting of 5 lines. The poem is written in iambic and the meter is 8/6/4/4/6, the final line being a refrain of line 2. Roundabouts can be on any subject.