Monday, 16 December 2019

the hand


The hand that would caress her
and brush away a tear
the hand forever comforting
soothing in her fear
the hand hard worked and toiling
browned by mid day sun
the hand that held her close and tight
when nowhere else to run

the fingers still and cold as ice
uncovered in the trench
out stretched amidst the bodies
cloaked in rotting stench
the sound a faintest whimper
with sharp intake of breath
alerted the passing soldiers
that led to her death

the pistol held behind the head
Its trigger pulled so slow
the sound of the bullet shot
her brain would never know
another senseless murder
the soldier didn't mind
a death so quick and painless
in Syria is thought as kind



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