murder (Remove filter)
All Has Turned Red (Merry Christmas, I Guess?)
Today as I scrolled through my feed.
I saw a child's mutilated body,
Laid bare for all to see.
A bomb it had been,
If I trust the caption at least,
That had destroyed this child,
Their dreams, their hopes, their love, their life.
The agony was too much for poorÂ
little me to bear.
I am only seventeen, you see,
ignoring that the child on the screen
Looked no day over three.
I wanted to ...
Tuesday 26th December 2023 7:28 pm
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