THE HIDDEN KILLER
Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 8:52 am
THE HIDDEN KILLER... Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet
He was tiny for his age but his eyes were oh so bright
and he grinned and held up tiny arms regardless of his plight.
I gave him a furry kangaroo to bring a little joy
to this small , sweet, innocent victim - an orphaned little boy.
He didn't have much English but he made his pleasure known
as he sat docile inside the cot – with no folks of his own.
He wore bright blue pyjamas and the shirt had a small train ...
looked like Thomas the Tank Engine - my kids all wear the same.
There were bandages around his head, and stitches up his arm
and a needle and a drip where he had suffered harm
from the war that tore his country, ripped her up until she bled
He was just an innocent victim, a small boy in a small bed.
And beneath the blanket was a frame to keep weight from his legs,
though beneath the blankets nothing moved for there was nothing left
but two burnt black stumps where once his sturdy little legs had been,
and my eyes with bitter tears did well at this sight so obscene.
He was tiny for his age but his eyes were oh so bright
and I pray to God if God there is that he will never fight
in a war against his fellow man – he's already victimized
by a world he doesn't understand . Warmongers I despise.
According to UN Afghanistan is one of the top three most-mined countries on the planet. About 200,000 civilians have died and 400,000 have been disabled in mine incidents in Afghanistan. Approximately 6,000 more will lose their lives or limbs every year in the war battered country due to mine incidents, says a report issued by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan-mine clearance program (UNOCHA). Afghanistan is infested with 10 Million anti-personnel mines ready to explode the moment anyone stepped on them.
In Afghanistan alone, about 20 innocent civilians including children and women, daily fall victim to mines, half of whom loss their lives due to lack of medical facilities. Due to the presence of mines, access has been denied to more than 488 square kilometer of land, including agricultural fields, irrigation canals roads and residential areas.
Over 30% mine victims in Afghanistan are children. The legacy of that long war also included 750,000 amputees
The UN figure for the number of Landmines in Afghanistan at 10 million. There are more than 600,000 landmines to be cleared while the warring factions are still laying more.
He was tiny for his age but his eyes were oh so bright
and he grinned and held up tiny arms regardless of his plight.
I gave him a furry kangaroo to bring a little joy
to this small , sweet, innocent victim - an orphaned little boy.
He didn't have much English but he made his pleasure known
as he sat docile inside the cot – with no folks of his own.
He wore bright blue pyjamas and the shirt had a small train ...
looked like Thomas the Tank Engine - my kids all wear the same.
There were bandages around his head, and stitches up his arm
and a needle and a drip where he had suffered harm
from the war that tore his country, ripped her up until she bled
He was just an innocent victim, a small boy in a small bed.
And beneath the blanket was a frame to keep weight from his legs,
though beneath the blankets nothing moved for there was nothing left
but two burnt black stumps where once his sturdy little legs had been,
and my eyes with bitter tears did well at this sight so obscene.
He was tiny for his age but his eyes were oh so bright
and I pray to God if God there is that he will never fight
in a war against his fellow man – he's already victimized
by a world he doesn't understand . Warmongers I despise.
According to UN Afghanistan is one of the top three most-mined countries on the planet. About 200,000 civilians have died and 400,000 have been disabled in mine incidents in Afghanistan. Approximately 6,000 more will lose their lives or limbs every year in the war battered country due to mine incidents, says a report issued by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan-mine clearance program (UNOCHA). Afghanistan is infested with 10 Million anti-personnel mines ready to explode the moment anyone stepped on them.
In Afghanistan alone, about 20 innocent civilians including children and women, daily fall victim to mines, half of whom loss their lives due to lack of medical facilities. Due to the presence of mines, access has been denied to more than 488 square kilometer of land, including agricultural fields, irrigation canals roads and residential areas.
Over 30% mine victims in Afghanistan are children. The legacy of that long war also included 750,000 amputees
The UN figure for the number of Landmines in Afghanistan at 10 million. There are more than 600,000 landmines to be cleared while the warring factions are still laying more.
