ladies and gentlemen: the latest statement from a war child

pray for the innocent children that are suffering

who are you to forbid me from life?

who are you to murder my liberty ?

I blink without permission

I breathe without permission

and so

I'll walk without permission

I'll shout without permission

I'll run

I'll smile

I'll clutch my claws

into life and grab it

with a tight fist

Reviews

[Mirra]

Beautifully crafted. If the young victims can only speak out their mind, this is what they would have said. Kudos!

[Latifa]

thank you for the review.

[TL Boehm]

amen. a wonderful reminder of the real victims in all of this

[raj24]

beautiful Latifa...freedom to live is right of everyone and theses warlords cant stop a child or anyone from living it..thanks for sharing :)

Raj

[Latifa]

thank you for the review raj

[little thoughts]

very emotional and beautifully written. these innocent children are with out any reason punished. well written girl !

[Latifa]

thank you for the review

[Brooklyn1173]

The part of war everyone seems to forget.

[Alfred Kukitz]

I remember the kids going crazy and jumping all over me. I was giving out hard candy!

[Alfred Kukitz]

The End of War

On acceptance of the hostile facts
Wilson drew into his imagination and dreams.
What he found delighted him.
A clean scent of air gathered around his nostrils.
He saw tall trees that echoed a transcendent form of metaphysics.
He labored each day to have this vision until one day he lived there.
A bomb made a direct hit on his teenage head.
The war continued accept for one very young boy.

[Baby Ricochet]

I was going to write something here about my experience with kids in Afghanistan and Iraq. But I'll spare you. Sometimes they're not as innocent as you would think. On the ground, it gets complicated.

[Latifa]

children are victims of war and inhumanity,if they're not innocent it's because circumstances have made them that way and they don't have the complete awareness.
thank you for the review.

[Frieda P]

Tugs at the heartstrings Latifa, extremely affecting read.....

[Latifa]

thank you Frieda for the review

[Leslie Philibert]

Like the poem, and share your emotions. You might like my poem Refugees...excellent

[Latifa]

thank you for the review