Bombing Syria

No, do not bomb Syria.

The bombs will fall and the eyes will grow dimmer.

The bombs will fall and the legs and arms will splatter.

The bombs will fall and there will be running in the streets.

No, do not bomb Syria.

The Syrians do not really exist.

They are not Syrians at all,

But different tribes and religious cliques

Clinging to a vain hope. 

If you bomb Syria,

News media will flash the eyes,

Will dismember the bodies before my eyes,

Will show the desperate running in the streets.

No, do not bomb Syria.

--September 5, 2013