Refugee – A Quadrille

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Refugee

Salty tears fill vacant eyes
that have seen too many
atrocities that no child
should ever witness
Crying, following
grown ups wherever they go
Sobbing in time with
their shuffling feet
Weighed down 
by their winter clothes
and bundled belongings
Going anywhere but here 


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Bjorn is hosting Monday Quadrille at D’Verse Poets.
Tonight he has prompted us with the word “Eyes”
I saw a heartbreaking segment in the news last night and it featured a little Ukrainian boy who couldn’t have been more than 3 or 4, sobbing his eyes out as he wandered along with the refugees. It touched me deeply.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

40 thoughts on “Refugee – A Quadrille”

    1. Yes Marie. What is going on it’s shameful. It’s heartbreaking to see children like this.

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  3. Christine, your poem is so poignant. The innocents always suffer and so many times they have no understanding why. “There but for the grace of God go I.”

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    1. Yes Lisa, I find it all so upsetting. I cannot bear to see children hurt this way 😢

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    1. Thanks Trudessa. It is always sad to see children in such pain. They are so scared. 😢

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    1. Yes, and how many more wars. This one, like the others, is senseless. Poor people 😢

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    1. Thanks Paul. I just can’t imagine being a young child and having to experience that kind of trauma. Breaks my heart seeing a child cry.

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    1. Helen, thank you so much. I was trying to find the little boy who I had seen in a news broadcast b ut couldn’t find his image online. That was heartbreaking 😢 The one I used was still a Ukrainian refugee picture from last week. It is so sad to see children in so much pain.

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  17. So sad, however no only in Ukrainian that we should get more concern and leave other part of the world i mean in Africa particularly in DRCONGO where this problem have been in existance 26 years down the road.

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    1. Yes you are so right. It seems the media will only keep these stories of horror on the front page while it impacts our countries, especially when there is a threat of a nuclear war.

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