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their names unspoken
until whispered by strangers
in foreign lands
who cry for them,
who light candles,
who write poems like this.
their names unspoken
until whispered by strangers
in foreign lands
who cry for them,
who light candles,
who write poems like this.
a school turned inside out,
a hospital emptied of mercy,
a world that looks away
because the truth is too heavy
to carry —
but not too heavy
to live inside a child’s chest.
a school turned inside out,
a hospital emptied of mercy,
a world that looks away
because the truth is too heavy
to carry —
but not too heavy
to live inside a child’s chest.
men scream at the sky
until their voices break like glass,
and no God answers
because all the gods are tired.
men scream at the sky
until their voices break like glass,
and no God answers
because all the gods are tired.
hands digging through concrete
as if love might be buried there,
and it is.
hands digging through concrete
as if love might be buried there,
and it is.
the way a teddy bear
gathers dust in the arms
of someone who no longer cries.
The way a brother stops being a brother
and becomes a story
no one dares to finish.
the way a teddy bear
gathers dust in the arms
of someone who no longer cries.
The way a brother stops being a brother
and becomes a story
no one dares to finish.
but some children have learned
it comes right before the screaming —
or worse, after.
It holds the breath of ghosts.
but some children have learned
it comes right before the screaming —
or worse, after.
It holds the breath of ghosts.
but some children walk barefoot
on rubble that was once
a kitchen, a cradle,
a mother’s quiet singing.
but some children walk barefoot
on rubble that was once
a kitchen, a cradle,
a mother’s quiet singing.