Misery

Tell me what you see When you see The children crying With their bloated bodies Withered hands Wasted lips and faces And eyes that never smile Tell me what you hear When you hear The children weeping With their tattered clothes Broken bones Shattered dreams and souls And hearts that never mend Tell me what you feel When you witness The dropping bombs With their hearts of fire Songs of pain Sundering greetings and goodbyes And hands that never feel Someone explain to me Explain to me Why children’s tears Filled with sorrow filled with longing Go unheard Searching eyes and curious minds Never see the beauty in the stars Tell me what to say What to say To my child when he sees The children crying Many dying In the streets And going blind, wasting away While we are safe While we feast and we celebrate And we love