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| Seven years of war in Yemen and still no respite in sight. Photo Courtesy: UNHCR |
Seven years
Of depravity
An ocean of tears
Riven by famine
A land gone to hell
In a food basket
We forget to yell
Out casket after casket
From Yemen
Yeah men
War sprouts
Like stamen
We lost count
Of children
Starved to death
Hopelessly left
To die slow
Like a butterfly
Lured by ember glow
Distance blurs gory sights
As millions alive
Face same fate
That erased a wasted race
Love can revive
The deadest thing
And keep hope alive
If we let our hearts be
Led into an awakening
Of fiery empathy.
Akpan
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