A Child is Silenced
written by: TrishWrites
@TrishWrites1
A child is silenced
hiding from war
ghostly glimpses of her
standing in ruin
Dark hollows beneath eyes
oddly still full of hope
tell her story
She spills sorrow
to a sound track
of bombs dropping
She wears a pink coat
and boots with tassels
She reads Harry Potter
to her brothers
We are dying
she pleads
While violent forces rage on, rage on
And the world stands mute
as a child is silenced
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
I was devastated to read that the twitter account of little girl who has become a symbol for the war in Syria, has gone silent.
I wrote this poem as a reminder that we can’t become immune to the atrocities we see – that we can’t forget the children, who don’t know any better.
By day, Trish writes marketing material for clients as part of the communications and event company she owns. In the evening she writes fiction and poetry.
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