"Killing Kids"

[unapatriciated]

Time is of the essence so I'll make tis quick
I hope it gets in cause your skulls are quite thick

I was sleeping last night and I dreamt of the death
and I saw it was me who was taking his last breath
My country invaded they raided my home
They beat up my dad and then left me alone

Tired and scared as I stared out the door
To the blood in the streets and insane greets of war
Don't want to leave my home but the food has all rot
And the park where I played just a burnt out black lot

So I venture outside to see what's been done
with the ash in the sky I can't see the sun
As I walk down the street in this town where I've grown
Most the houses burnt down and the windows all blown

I hear some strange voices and hide in the trees
I pray to myself and hope God hears my pleas
The soldiers were looking and pointing their guns
So when I saw my chance I started to run

I guess I made noise as I started to flee
Cause some soldier unloaded his bullets in me
He started to freak out when he saw what he did
When he stopped and he realized I'm only a kid

He knelled down beside me and started to cry
But what's done is what's don and so now I will die
So while we're all waiving our flags high with pride
Remember no matter who you are I'm that kid on the other side


poem by Michael Loeks (my youngest son)
This is one of many from a collection of his poems he put together for his creative writing class.

[TomInTib]

1. KnR Wonderfully poignant.

How old is your son?

I am sending this to some poet friends of mine.

[unapatriciated]

6. My son is thirty....

He spent all of his teenage years and some of his early 20's in and out of Childrens Hospital. He has a very rare autoimmune disorder called dermatomyositis (diagnosed at 13) that has left him disabled. At 28 he was finally well enough to enroll in college. He attend the San Francisco Art Institute. He hopes someday to be able to support himself in graphic arts.

[Breeze54]

2. You're son has wonderful empathy and is a talented poet, unapatriciated.

Thanks for sharing this. Kudo's to your son. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:kick: & Recommended

[Breeze54]

3. This needs more Recommends, Duers!!! Put it on the front page!!

:kick:

[KT2000]

4. Wow! I have an assignment

for all the countries in the Middle East and the US now too.
A 500 word essay on "What I am willing to sacrifice and give up in order to save my children from a lifetime of war."

[stillcool]

5. Congratulations to you

for the good job you did raising your son. And congratulations to him for being such an eloquent writer.

[unapatriciated]

7. Thank You

I just got back from visiting him. He gave me a book of poems he had put together for one of his writing classes. This was the last poem in the book. Most of all the other poems had to do with his life and pain dealing with an autoimmune disorder similar to Lupus called dermatomyositis.

[midnight]

8. Let's bring them home. Basically we have kids killing kids.

[Dammit Ann]

9. Talent.

K&R.