Cry For Aleppo

Bomb shells fall

On a devastated city

And as people

Say their goodbyes

The world stays silent

Goes on its way

Forgets about the lives

Being lost

As the last messages

Sneak out

 

There are lives bring torn apart

And the noise is deafening

A history

A million stories

We will never hear

A heritage

Their descendants

Will never have

Because we continue

To ignore

This crisis

The world outside

Hears nothing

 

Nothing

Of the children

Of the families

Of the people

Like you and me

So if it’s too late

To act

To stop it

 

Then cry for them

Cry like we cried

For Paris

For New York

For Boston

 

Cry for the kids

Who don’t know

A world without war

Cry for the people

Who lost their home

To the bombs

Cry for those

Whose sky is covered in clouds

Of dust made from houses

Cry for the normal cities

Just like ours

That are little more

Than rubble now

Cry for the history

We will never see

As slivers are blasted

Into oblivion

 

Cry as rebels

Fight government

With no regard

For civilian lives

 

Cry for Aleppo

Reviews

[Addict With a Pen]

Such an emotional piece. It's very saddening to confront reality and remember there are people who are fighting through the night not knowing if it'd be their last. Your poem sounds so emotionally beautiful as you repeat the plead "cry". It really makes the piece damp with a feeling of sadness and also a realization that there are many things going on all around the world that make people pray for those in need. I also thought it was amazing how you dedicated your poem to the people in Aleppo who lose their lives in war and crisis.
Throughout your lines, you have this incredible use of Pathos, which is very beautiful and sad, for example these lines:
"Cry for the kids/ Who don't know/ A world without war"
Your poem is very heartfelt and beautifully crafted. Beautifully emotional.

[Urja Gokani]

amazingly written keep it up !!