Demands

Demands

A Poem by Evyn Rubin
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a response to current events

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We demand:

protection for and the full rights of all children everywhere

the rights of all children to safety for their childhoods

exemption for all children from the dangers of conflict and war 

 

We demand that adults find a way to fight, if fight they must

to fight only in such a way so to exempt children

from the untoward consequences of fighting

 

We demand

that all children be unbound from every alter

that captive children be released

that displaced children be restored

that children in harm's way be at once fully protected from harm

 

We demand a zero casualty count with regard to children, to say the least

This is our demand and our prayer

We demand a zero casualty count

our demand and our prayer

 

We demand the release of the three kidnapped Israeli students

We demand the  release of the Nigerian girls who remain kidnapped

We demand the restoration of the Syrian children who were displaced

 

We demand

the protection of all children 

the cessation of threats, words or deeds of injury to children

and the remediation of that which is a danger

 

We demand utter security for both Israeli and Palestinian children

all of whom already know the potential for harm against them

and we call for all their protections without distinction of nationality,

religion, or the politics of their parents

 

We demand on behalf of children named and unnamed

whose plights are cited or not, known or not

let their situations be remediated

 

We demand  on behalf of Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkle

their immediate release from their captors

 

We beseech God's help that they be returned

at once safely to their parents

safely to their young lives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2014 Evyn Rubin


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i really like this because it points out a lot of subjects that need to be brought up again and fixed. this is really good and has a great message.
-GS

Posted 10 Years Ago



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