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Open Poetry #8

Death of the innocents

decardes
New Member

since 2000-07-13

Posts 7
singapore

0 posted 2000-07-13 09:00 AM

Death of the Innocents

Withered babies clasping pails
on swollen stomachs roam
Their bloated bellies and sunken eyes
We leave them all alone

They start out ripped from wombs
weaned on empty breasts.
Monstrous heads give gentle smiles
Innocence amass.

Chocolate skin stretched to far
engulf the frail life
Their bellies and heads not in size
Products of war and strife

Their twisted shadows in sunlight form
the startling reality
For these broken babies are dying
with no one's sympathy

Their bodies light and feathery
their cries mingled with mud
if you slit their wrists now
will you still get blood?

Jan
Member

since 2000-06-14

Posts 114

1 posted 2000-07-13 09:03 AM

You have definately cast a revealing light on what we as a society have chosen to ignore. Your writing is wonderful and your message was certainly a powerful one. Thank you for the wake up call.

decardes
New Member

since 2000-07-13

Posts 7
singapore

2 posted 2000-07-13 09:34 AM

thanks for the encouragement. this is the first time my poem got acknowledged in such a way. it means alot to me. thank you again

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