Requiem For A Refugee

some words just speak for themselves .. just like some dictators & liars ..

Requiem For A Refugee

When the wind

drives low

from the east

in gentle wafts ..

The sound

of so very many

infant children,

each crying

in some remote

bombed out

and distant ruin

or drowning

in some dubious,

foul-fitted

and sinking craft,

may yet still

be heard yelling,

or moaning ..

The fact is though,

the first time

that I heard them,

I was busy

working on one of

my last alibis ..

When most likely

by chance,

an unexpected

gust came

from nowhere

and it

casually blew me

clean away ..

And whereas we

all know

that kind of thing

should

never really

happen ..

You can bet your

life that it

surely does happen

and every single day ..

Author's Note

Reviews

[Beren]

War is a crime against humanity and those who start wars only harm civilians for their own power. My childhood was full of refugee children coming to the country I live in. And no one wants to be away from home. No war has a winner.
As always, the poet spoke the most beautiful words on the subjects that needed to be spoken. a real poet

[Neville]

You are too kind but thank you for seeing it my way and for reading between the lines .. Neville

[Beren]

Reading your poems broadens my horizons. It nourishes my humane side.

[Lorry]

Every refugee deserves to be heard, as well as seen. Society cant just wish them away with a shuffle of their daily mail and forget they exist.
Weren't we all refugees once?
I know my family was, when they packed up from ireland because one of them heard tell there was a place even colder and wetter and by jiminy, they found it too.
Now i wish theyd travelled the long way round, through the English channel, took a wromg turn and ended up in spain!
🤪

[Neville]

The fact you are a real patriot with a ❤️as big as a planet is just one of the zillion things I like about you Loz .. 😎👍xx