Monday, April 25, 2016

Susan Hawthorne #116 dawn

so many children cast out
some tossed into rivers
others exposed on hillsides

for some like Electra
an early death might
have been better

or Sita abducted by an enemy
held captive stayed pure
disbelieved and burnt in sati

who would want to be a woman?
today abducted by Islamic State
en masse sold into sexual slavery

what has changed?
the glorying of war goes on
in every bugle and trumpet

                                                at dawn


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