Migrants

Tears upon tears. 
Cruelty upon misery. 
Swapping hell
 For the psychotic sea. 
Capsizing in infinite night. 
Empty silence now ruptured, 
As haunted faces 
That once knew kindness,
 Wail and scream. 
Kick and splash. 
Fighting their surrender 
To the murderous depths
 and then quietness falls. 
But for the groans of a forlorn mum.
 The score will be kept. 
Statistics written up. 
Reported by the press 
Somewhere between the golf 
And the latest fashion faux pas.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Gollihue Avatar
August 8, 2015 at 8:11 PM
Very powerful.
Martin Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 2:24 PM
Thanks for reading and kind comment,much appreciated.
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