A Child Buried Today
A child buried today.
I listen to women of
rain. . .
tears covered by veils
of darkness – shadows
of women.
Cyprus, Sri Lanka -
mourn the
prostitution of their
daughters, and
empty stomachs -
deformity, and disease...
A blaze thickens in
a woman’s heart -
Invisible -
imprisons their soul…
Fear saturates their
bodies…
A brave
assault,
motionless - a
life swept past -
ash - beneath a rock.
It’s March - oh
I shall weep as I
see those abandoned -
abused - left on a street.
April. - “I shall
seek not to deliver,”
she spoke – touching
her swollen belly,
sick, and dying . . .
In May – brave souls
on the edge, arrive to
help those crying tears
and too - doctors
are torn apart by war.
June - I sit patiently
and no one hears
the sting.
She told me,
“I buried my child
today.”
Nancy Duci Denofio
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