Why
Why.
A child screams
A mother weeps
A father fears for his life
Bombs go off like fireworks
Homes
Are
Turned
To rumble
“What’s that sound, mommy?”
“It’s just some–um–dear why don’t we play a game?”
“What game, mommy?”
“Let’s pretend we are on a different planet.”
“Except this planet has been destroyed by evil aliens.”
“And the noise you hear is the sound of the aliens starting their ships to get away.”
“Okay, mommy.”
.
.
.
“Mommy?”
“Yes, love?”
“Did the aliens take daddy?”
.
.
.
“Yes, love.”
“The aliens took daddy.”
a child screams
a mother weeps
a father dies
3/7/22
Jade Ashlyn
Please Donate To Help The Victims Of Ukraine
No child should have to lose a parent
No spouse should have to lose the one they love
No one should have to flee their homes from bombs
No one
No one
No one deserves this devastation.
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