We Do Not Deserve You
POETRY FORMAT, 7 Sep 2015
Mosab Mostafa – TRANSCEND Media Service
He didn’t sink.
He is asleep dreaming about his toys and picnics
He is now calm since he no longer hears
The anguished cries of his parents and siblings
The entire world felt sound asleep since you slept
The entire world lowered their heads in shame
when you filled the sea with your tears
The heavens are opening their doors for you
We do not deserve you.
Syrian child refugee Aylan Kurdhi washed up by the ocean, dead, in Turkey – Sep 2015.
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