Echo Of Innocence Poem by Matt Mooney

Echo Of Innocence



A prison risen from an abandoned High School
Is now the Genocide Museum of Phnom Penh;
It contains photos of victims in their final days,
Ruthlessly incarcerated by a madman's dream-
Evil driving force of the Khmer Rouge regime.

This sad list of innocent prisoners in Toul Sleng
Was meant to be a camouflage of the real truth
Of why these Cambodians were held here at all,
Interrogated and tortured, all accused of treason;
But now we know the secrets of S-21, a prison,
A shame on all the free on you and you and me-
Souls that suffered hell on earth from ’75 to ’79;
Miles of faces too tormented at the time to smile:
Stifled in each mouth a scream of unearthly fear,
And the echo is still there within its walls to hear.

The killers, automated evil doers, indoctrinated,
Smashed mindlessly into the minds of prisoners,
Dismissive of their victims right to love and life;
But God knew each one by name, these martyrs,
And as they were called one by one into the Light,
Full of joy they smiled again for miles and miles.

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Matt Mooney

Matt Mooney

South Galway, Ireland.
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