North Korea

His eyes grow cold as his hair crawls down his shirt to his spoon, into his cabbage water. 
He cries inside, for his innocence lost, for who this will make him become….for what he cannot have. 
 Inhumane, he is like cattle and he is branded.
 Unjust, unknown, he whispers “please…” and they see him….”Stupid American.”


Taken from Nightmare Abroad. 
May 29th, 2021

Liberum Divisa 6 Poetry Contest
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Hankins Avatar
May 28, 2021 at 7:44 PM
Wow, Jacquline, this is a powerful piece of writing.
Musgrave Avatar
June 2, 2021 at 1:31 PM
Really? Thanks!
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