Child Refugee
War and violence push you so moderate
Through deserts of horror and desolation
Your innocence of tortured and desperate
Child deprived of any play and consolation
Limited plays have now been stopped by your tears
Wounded by snares of atrocities and fears
Afraid you rushed to your mother always near
But one day you no longer found her hug here
Unknown designs of wickedness and death
Carved in your young mind with undefined depth
To lead your innocence of child in despair
Towards tears nobody seems to be aware
Seas separate your solitary soul
From innocence and joy yet to extol
Joy and hope unaware to play a role
Forget the restless war hard to control
Gunfire around taking lives as a knife
Menacing the refugee camps and life
One day you wanted to leave the damned strife
Joining a refugee caravan at the age of five
Waiting for you an unknown and blue sea
Shouting from children aiming to be free
On a boat overcrowded to an extreme degree
Desperate cries of babies who disagree
The stench of a lifeboat burnt by the hot sun
Flooded with moisture and pierced by a gun
Floating on desperation from shores to shun
Hope of elsewhere alive through bites of a bun
Now the cool breeze of present and peaceful countries
Framed by courteous horizons and olive trees
Scented by flowers and designed by flies of bees
Seagulls floating on peaceful and emerald seas
The peace of skies and the landed queue
Disembark on shores here to welcome you
As a child who is worth of caring eyes
And a warming love which has full supplies
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