A POEM: CHILDREN OF GUNS...

CHILDREN OF GUNS...

"Every child deserves to be loved;
Nurtured and protected"
So I thought as a child...;
But;
Our Children have been through terror and horror, wars and death;
Psychosomatic scars has been inflicted on all of them..."

...

Guns at hand, bullets to heads;
Weapons unleashed, cuts and stitches;
Houses, schools, hospitals, markets and worship places all ablaze;
Crowd vanishing;
Everywhere, blood stains;
Parents on death row, Children on weep row;
"No! Don't die!", so they cry.

Abandoned, dilapidated and lost;
No place to return, no bed, no sleep;
Childhood war-torn, shattered world;
Memories of bleeding guns and shooting swords;
Will they survive...?

The images, the sounds;
The horror acts of wars;
The stench of blood on spree;
The vicious faces of warlords,
Haunt and taunt them.

Pervasive feelings of depression;
Anxiety, hopelessness, grief;
Antipathy, anger and fear has ripped their strength;
Few who survive live in intact silence;
Finding solace is being introverted.

No goodness, no kindness;
No feelings for humanity;
Young kids now cold-blooded creatures;
With little or no sanity.

They are now heartless, merciless;
They are full of revenge;
They are degraded;
They are Children of Guns.

They survived wars;
They watched their parents die...

Having a crepitating crater of hatred and rage,
They are out on the streets, "soul for soul"
...
Hold on! Oh Children of hurt;
Hold on!! Oh Children of vengeance
Hold on!!! Oh Children of brokenness;
Be calm, Oh Children of Guns.

We suffer your soreness;
We bleed your cut.
Our hearts are as well broken;
But the hurtful truth is:
- Vengeance isn't the way.

...

You can break out of this bond;
Time and faith can trim your rage and woes;
We beg of you to gulp the pills of clemency;
Only then will you find hope, peace and love, more than you lost.
We implore you, oh CHILDREN OF GUNS;
That you become CHILDREN OF GREATNESS...


CHILDREN OF GUNS...


Composed & Written By:
Blessing Esohe Emwanta X Treasure Ugwumsinachi Gift...
Graphics By: Treasure Ugwumsinachi Gift...





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