When Two Worlds Collide

Sitting still in a car,looking out
And listening within
A bright blue wintry sky punctuated
With land mines
Soft sunshine painting roofs
Amid the shattered ruins of Aleppo
Undressed trees coated with a silvery frost
And the pain of wounded children
A quiet peace broken
By the fusillade of firepower
Birds flutter 
While shells burst overhead
Two worlds apart
Combined in one person
Listening and watching
Serenity and insanity
Incongruously together.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Sands Avatar
January 5, 2017 at 10:30 AM
Wow, very powerful Denis. Well done.
Bruce Avatar
January 5, 2017 at 11:04 AM
Heidi, you are too kind
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