Children of War

 

I want to end this pain, I embraced my ancestor’s belief

Believing this room will protect and helps us overcome our grief

I started hearing louder explosions, and when it is over

Stillness breaks my realm and it booms down under

We experienced too much bedlam and it is completely insane

This war will achieve nothing, it will bring more pain

We have no food to eat, the water comes late

We end up begging for bread and a trifling meat

We chill, sleeping with fears in the cold winter nights

We wake up seeing blood wasted in this continuing war

We ask for help as our souls can’t breathe

The plane keeps flying, seems it is chasing our heartbeats

The bags were dropped down from the plane and poisoned the thin air

Our future looks bleak and everyone disappears

Did you hear our cries? Could you stop all these lies?

We need you, free us from the pain of this despise

See our tears, our wounds, and our gloomy future

Rescue us,spare us from this deathly core

We need you, we need your mighty claws, my valiant eagles

Oh hear our cries, in our land of compromise.

 

Author's Note

Looking those children of war who suffered most in Syria, really breaks my heart. I wish this war will over and they can re-create their precious lives in the future.

Reviews

[Riley Bray]

This is very sad, but well written. My only criticism for this piece is that sometimes you put the singular of something where it should be plural, for example you said, "The plane keeps flying, seem it chasing our heartbeat," and it should be, 'The plane keeps flying, seems its chasing our heartbeat.' Alrighty? Overall great poem Marc.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Lol :) thanks Riley, love your honest review.

[Mark]

its should be it's (contraction) :)

[Acucena G.]

Its a very good poem, I really love the topic, personally i say that it should be published in a book. well done my friend.

[jonathanjaime]

I like this poem..it disturbed me.. thanks for sharing

[Writer #00]

This is a great poem; brings awareness of the unfortunate war-torn children. Simply beautiful(ly written). Well done.

[Aellø]

Amazing, the imagery is astounding, well done.

[Gobinder Singh Dhindsa]

Your writing is so Good. Well Done! Keep Writing Friend!

Do u read mine 2 "Why?, Who is a Poet, Time and Anguish "

If possible then give your reviews..

Regards,
Lucky

[minisla]

So sad to see this type of atrocity still existing in the world today. Poor kid cannot imagine how the innocents are living in such a hellish place. This has to stop.

[Peter H]

war cannot be stopped as long as we exist , evil exist . but i do feel for these children of war to grow up in such bedlam , we can't even empathize with them , we don't even know the feeling of immenient terror they feel . inspiring piece my friend , its an eye opener to chaos and melancholy of the world .



War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”


― Jimmy Carter, The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Part of the power of this great piece is your lucidity of language, I felt thoroughly engaged and very moved, great writing Marc, this feels as if it were written sadly from direct observations

[Sami Khalil]

A great poem with a wonderful message. Tragedy of our modern times...:)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A msot tragic and soulful piece that leaves the reader tearful, well done.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Thomas.