RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: WAR
Children of War
Everyone suffers the devastation of war
The death toll is too much to bear
But no one endures the suffering more
Than the children caught in its lair
Those who will never breathe free air
The soldiers who have sacrificed lives
The mothers and fathers whose tears we share
The husbands who lost their wives
Yet all of it pales to the fate of a child
Stolen from a mother’s arms
The heart and soul of innocence defiled
An unbearable depth of harm
Do what you must you makers of war
But leave the children alone
Do not breach that forbidden door
Hear the gods of sweet mercy moan
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