23 July 2024

Persecution

Why the blue has abandoned 
The sky. Why the birds, 
Gone home without a goodbye?

Why the clouds been subsumed
In the dewdrops and
Why the dreams hung on 
Cloth lines, have taken the fall?

Why the legs relentlessly run,
When the destination is long dead.
Why does hope even dare to sprout 
Even in this war-torn land?

But you shouldn't ask such 
Questions, you're still a kid. 
With the next incoming missile
You'll also be killed.

Why challenge the authority 
When the ill fate is fixed?
Let's die first, if there's a
God in heaven, we'll ask him 

If he stood witness to the 
Ground reality or went into hiding,
Fearing his own persecution, 
In the hands the men- 

Who didn't spare, even 
The kids.