The Growth Of A Word Poem by Afrooz Jafarinoor

The Growth Of A Word

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As a child I heard
Some big, bad guys
Might get killed
By some small angry guys!
Even though I was a child,
I thought it could mislead
Some crazy little guys
To kill great big guys!
This was labelled terrour
Borrowed from French meaning horror!

As I grew up, so did the word!
As a teenager I heard it again,
But now it had become terrorism!

Now the crazy little guys
Have grown up to a world size
And rather than great big guys,
They are killing kids half the size
That I was then!

Yet even sadder is discrimination
In the way the world
Treats the victims of terrorism!

The life of a child
Is the life of the world,
How on earth do some
Ask where the child comes from?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 20 December 2015

Hello, dear Afrooz! :) as I promised, our the book is ready (at this very moment, it is in revision - by Amazon) but in a few hours (6-12 hs) it will be online YET, PLEASE, WAIT for my EMAIL, before sending the letters.. I have some news..

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Shakil Ahmed 28 November 2015

theme of terrorism has been painted beautifully in the poem, well penned, i enjoyed reading the poem, thanks for sharing,

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Anil Kumar Panda 28 November 2015

True and to the point.Thanks for sharing.

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Afrooz Jafarinoor 28 November 2015

Thank you both!

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