Refugees

for all forced to leave home

What is left if nothing`s left ?

The tap loses teeth-blood

Each empty cup smiles with malice.

We have fallen over the fence,

Our pictures torn, a history in bags,

We walk like a cluster of wraiths,

As dull legs trudge over stones.

The old will wither with frost

When the night comes sooner.

And if the children cry in the night

There is nothing more to say;

Than that the stars are hungry too.

Reviews

[Latifa]

beautiful, I love the expression and the use of words to paint the picture

[Latifa]

Than that the stars are hungry too.
I like this line a lot
very powerful and out spoken poetry Leslie

[Tina Kline]

A sad poem but a true one. This has gone on throughout history.
People find reasons to hate, not love.

[Robert Strzalko]

I really like the first line and the last.

What is left if nothing's left?

The stars are hungry too....

Each empty cup smiles with malice....also a very strong line.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Great writing! I can taste the misfortune coming from your voice.

[Ruth]

Damn, ripped my heart out! Brilliant - this is social commentary at its best x

[The Quill]

this is painful and amazing,,,

[John Anderson]

This is so unique and very beautifully expressed

[Lyn Anderson]

A lovely piece, that conjures images of sorrow for humanity and our pitiful state.

[Rosalind Gale]

Dear Leslie, well, you know, we have been friends on here for a while now, I just love your poems. Your softness of pen, yet always a yearning, or a thread of something that often seems un-reachable. I do so enjoy your work, truly. And, of course, this poem is no exception.
-xx-

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for the kind words, best wishes