Winner of the First Wand Poetry Competition
War as an ever present, destructive force isolates and destroys community -Haunting tone builds a terrifying, confused horror of children rendered 'bereft of innocence' Charlie Wiseman
The selected poem is a work reacting compassionately to the chemical attack on Ghouta. Written by Rupert Ferguson.
The Children of Damascus
The Children of Damascus
Sleep
Their chemical dreams.....
Innocence is lost
in a World corrupted
By those with more
than.....
Just hidden agendas
The Children of Damascus
Sleep
Their chemical dreams.....
'Keep them in your thoughts!'
urges a friend from afar
a million now displaced refugees....
'A generation of innocents'
innocent no longer!
The Children of Damascus
Sleep
Their chemical dreams.....
The man behind the mask
Guy Fawkes Anon
speaks of Whistleblower
'Stateside
And Pentagon intrigues....
Whilst Children in Damascus
Sleep
Their chemical dreams.....
"There are no kids left in Ghouta"
says Omar Jaabari
in a hundred retweeted messages
and more
from the dropzone.....
The Children of Damascus
Sleep
Their chemical dreams.....
The small persons who are left
Are children
no longer......
Bereft of innocence
They are strangers in their own empty streets.....
The Children of Damascus
Sleep
Their chemical dreams.....
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