Explosion Affected Reflection by Helle van Aardeberg
This Poem won the 'Poetry for Peace' contest held by the UN.
Blasted into a wasteland,
behind an old torn photo
Father silently weeps
for what were once his people
their voices and love forsaken
while Mother has grown old torn
in recollection with grief
her children’s young kisses
still innocent upon her cheek;
memorizing,
unborn babies hear exploding bombs as yet she stares,
despondent,
out the broken window,
in remembrance for peace.