Children of War

 

I want to end this pain, I embraced my ancestor’s belief

Believing this room will protect and helps us overcome our grief

I started hearing louder explosions, and when it is over

Stillness breaks my realm and it booms down under

We experienced too much bedlam and it is completely insane

This war will achieve nothing, it will bring more pain

We have no food to eat, the water comes late

We end up begging for bread and a trifling meat

We chill, sleeping with fears in the cold winter nights

We wake up seeing blood wasted in this continuing war

We ask for help as our souls can’t breathe

The plane keeps flying, seems it is chasing our heartbeats

The bags were dropped down from the plane and poisoned the thin air

Our future looks bleak and everyone disappears

Did you hear our cries? Could you stop all these lies?

We need you, free us from the pain of this despise

See our tears, our wounds, and our gloomy future

Rescue us,spare us from this deathly core

We need you, we need your mighty claws, my valiant eagles

Oh hear our cries, in our land of compromise.

 

Author's Note

Looking those children of war who suffered most in Syria, really breaks my heart. I wish this war will over and they can re-create their precious lives in the future.

Reviews

[Riley Bray]

This is very sad, but well written. My only criticism for this piece is that sometimes you put the singular of something where it should be plural, for example you said, "The plane keeps flying, seem it chasing our heartbeat," and it should be, 'The plane keeps flying, seems its chasing our heartbeat.' Alrighty? Overall great poem Marc.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Lol :) thanks Riley, love your honest review.

[Mark]

its should be it's (contraction) :)

[Mark]

How sad. Powerful people struggle for more power, uncaring of the pain and suffering they cause. I keep hearing Obama is going to do something, but have not heard any more than that. I think the U.S. is afraid of creating another al-Qaeda

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Mark for the reads.

[RachelReaper]

This was respectfully written on a very sad, touchy subject.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Rachel :) love your latest work.

[InsanityWriter]

So sad... It's terrible that because adults don't agree and go to war, children die, or are scarred for life. No one should have to live through such horrible times... Moving piece, and beautifully written.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks IW you speaks truth.

[MI-KOL HIGHLY]

This is just beautiful and well thought. Great mechanism to spread awareness i didn't even know there was war in Syria and i feel so ignorant. Thanks to your poem now i know and i will do the little i can to help " My Syrian Friend "

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Michael, that's amazing to know you are willing to help.

[Baby Ricochet]

War is a f*****g horrible game that brings out the cunning, vicious killer /survivor in the players. When you're in the middle of it, after awhile, no one is innocent. War feeds itself in a way that can't be understood until you've lived it. It seems so insane from the outside, but on the inside, it has a rhythm and sense to it. Nothing in your life will ever come close to such a defined purpose and meaning for you. War can give you a profound appreciation for peace that many could never understand. I remember just being home from my first deployment to Iraq. I went to a Wendy's drive through. I remember looking at all the cars, scrutinizing little details. Like how low the car was to the ground, if the rear end was lower than the front, if it didn't have a back seat, it the driver looked really stressed (like he was about to blow himself up stressed) The typical things you would look for if you were looking for a car bomb. Then I realized I was back home where people didn't blow themselves up with 1000 pounds of explosives rigged into a Toyota Carola. I've never been able to truly put into words just how I felt in that moment. A weird combination of relief, anger, guilt, anxiety, fear, exaltation and grief. Grief is a big one for me.
Obviously I got a lot from this poem and after everything I've posted all I can say is stop the f*****g fighting. THough on the ground that's next to impossible. THank you

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

You speak the truth Baby R.

[Sheeba]

Really heart breaking, and you have tried to put it in simple words

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Sheeba

[Renée]

the children, the families..it is heartbreaking to say the least... I know my words are lacking...just know it touches me deeply as I am sure anyone would be ! Thank you for sharing your writing !

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Renee

[Imara]

I can find nothing wrong with this piece. Very nicely done. The children of syria, we watched some video in the news and I had to leave the room because I was crying so hard. Very powerful and your imagery is great, this almost made me want to cry. Great job :')

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Imara.

[Zahra]

Nothing to say. The pain and misery wars bring leave marks that aren't really washed away after centuries to pass. Very nicely written.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks I have a voice.

[Leslie Philibert]

Like the poem, tend ( I must admit ) not to like mulit-media, I like words, just words !

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Thanks Sir Leslie