Thursday, 28 April 2016

The Migrant Song - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Syrian refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea
Syrian refugees


in boats with broken masts
they come looking for a manger
but our inn is full tonight

the inn we built
on the skull and bones of Africa

and who will hear
the screams of children
with blisters for a skin

and who will listen
to a father's cry
cradling his lifeless son

and who will love
three thousand children
with green lips and fleshless skulls

in this cruel and loveless sea
even the dead begin to weep


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