War Torn
Barrel bombs dropping from the sky as people wait in line for bread
Just another day as ninety more will die with already so many dead
As for the last two and a half years with no one to help in sight
All they have left is their tears which is the reason why they fight
There were seventeen attacks today just in the last four hours alone
The city now littered with decay as the violence has only grown
The young and innocent, they are so afraid and with no one there to care
Every morning as I prayed I mentioned all those children in my prayer
Such a complete killing machine with torture and enforced disappearance
You can't know what all this could mean the lasting effects being so immense
And now that the winter season is hear oh how cold it has now also been
Too cold for even one drop of a desperate tear so caught up in such tragic sin
There is no happy ending to what I write but an end has now begun
For how long can they continue to fight though they still won't run
America with Her Hands in Her pockets choosing not to intervene
Suddenly the red glare of our rockets to the world seems so green
Copyright © Vincent Flannery | Year Posted 2014
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