Friday, November 23, 2018

The Corpses of Children are not Peaceful

The Corpses of Children are not Peaceful

The corpses of children are not peaceful.
The ones who die of trauma before their time show it
--of illness show it
I avert my eyes but remember anyway
Precious young lives lost--
I can't say this anywhere so I'll say it here in a public privacy of strangers
The corpses of children are not peaceful.
Cancer at 8
Murder at 9
Murder at 2
Refusing insulin at 14
Horrible car accident at 17
The corpses of children are not peaceful.
I avert my eyes but cannot forget
The anger, the pain the battering
On their sweet innocence
The corpses of children are not peaceful.











after several years I decided to publish this poem. 




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