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) :)

[gombeggar]

Believing this room will protect me and I am completely felt safe ...gotta work on the verbs in this line and throughout...gotta get the verbs right

very good expression otherwise

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Gom. appreciate your honest review.

[icelandicblue]

This is just so sad. Adults have no idea of the toll that war takes from children. Innocence is lost and that is an unforgivable sin.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Ice for your valuable thoughts.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

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.