'Boy Soldier Son 31/12/09 Poem by Margaret Alice

Shocked by the crude facts of civil war
portrayed in ‘Blood Diamond’ but I adore
the theme running like a golden cord
throughout the story

Leonardo DiCaprio, a cynic, smuggling
diamonds, so deeply moved by an African
father’s love for his boy soldier son that
DiCaprio gives up his life

And entrusts a rare diamond to the African
man to create a new life for his family, turning
his exploitation of diamonds into a great
story, thus enforcing

Legal protection for African countries and win
global support for the African cause of freedom
from mercenary involvement in civil wars, rebel
groups fighting for control of

Rich natural resources, Africa destroyed
by invaders as well as her
own citizens…

The film called “Blood Diamond” portrays
civil war in Sierra Leone 1999