'Life' In Aleppo Poem by Bill Wright

Jets scream, high-pitched whine,
Nothing, silence, then BOOM,
Dust, darkness, followed by screams
Roof collapsing into the room.

Broken bodies, bloodied heads,
People's homes, blown to pieces,
Innocent children, in the street,
Killed where they play.

A dirty boy, sits, bemused,
His face a vacant stare,
Global news take his picture,
An image for folk to share.

A stunned Omran sits,
Head in another world,
Big brother Ali is dead,
Whatever happens next?

"A new place to live",
His Daddy has promised,
Everything will be alright,
Some day, one day

When the bad men go
And the fighters leave,
Then Omran and his Daddy,
Will be left in peace, to grieve.