shepoet

I saw you on the beach, Lying on the sand, water hitting your little body, Your body lifeless, cold..gone. Your face down on the sand... I shed a tear for you. I couldn't help but think of you, I couldn't help but pray for your mother, I couldn't help but weep for your father, I wondered how you went, I shed a tear for war. A mother's heart floating on the ocean, A Father's future drowned in pain, A sibling's support snatched. A fellow human destroyed. I shed a tear of embarrassment. What did you do to deserve this? You were born? That is wrong? Born in the wrong country? Born into this world? I shed a tear because I live in a world like this. A world of borders and boundaries, A world full on hate and heat, A world that is so selfish, A world that cares no more. I shed a tear for compassionate. For we have failed you, We killed you, all of us. We drowned you in water of hate. We have all disappointed you. I shed a tear to apolog