Friday, February 24, 2012

Syrian Mother

"The snipers, who have
no fear of god, killed him",
and he was ripped from
your children's
pudgy, groping fingers,
that will now forever
be in need of their father's
hand, smell, sweater,
love.

I envision your hidden
lips a withering crescent,
and you, a widow too soon,
will decay alongside
the corpse of your
martyred husband.

Copyright, Catherine Young, 2012.

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