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I heard
your heart-felt cry
Please see me in the wild,
Running in the fear and heat
Hiding in the desert wind,
so fearful, cold,
war child.
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I saw your eyes' deep sorrows,
Haunted in the night,
The tears dried long ago
In fear and dread and fight,
running far and wide,
war child.
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I felt your pain and grief
But, not your wounded soul,
I could never know the terror
That saturates your all
as all alone you cried,
war child.
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I listened to your heartbeat
Drumming out the dread,
The loss of home and kindred
Surrounded by sheer death
forever crying, why,
war child.
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I heard you scream for childhood
Stolen from age eight,
Born to bear war's armor
No life to contemplate,
only burning fire and ire,
war child.
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I warmed to that dear aid worker
Who smuggled you that day,
From hunger, fear and torment
To you new life she gave,
whispering, live, don't die
war child.
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But, a car crash took her there
So, she didn't live to see,
You, traveling the world to sing
Your thanks and gravity
for more of life,
war child.
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I heard the horror in your voice
The sadness borne to bear,
Born to be a warrior,
I prayed then, as I cried
go, hide no more
war child.
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You spoke of your dear Mother
Her inspiration, love,
She laid down deep foundations
Of music from above,
for you, she loved and cried,
war child.
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She gave to you her heart
Of courage, deeper worth.
You knew God had a purpose
From the love she gave at first,
to live, to sing, to fly,
be loved again, war child.
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Soft whispers from
Derry's Heart Poems © May 2009
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Poetry from the Heart
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