Friday, September 4, 2015

Refugees



The little child’s lying motionless on a Turkish beach.
Waves after waves come to ask him
why he does not respond.
His red shirt, blue shorts and black sneakers,
all soaked wet, still on
his limbs dangling from the rescuer's arms.

Somewhere along the same beach
lying the bodies of his mother and his brother
waiting for him.
Another journey home
The whole family
ready to return to Kobani,
where war and deprivation is still ravaging.

Refugees in overloaded small rubber boats,
seeking a better life,
found tragic deaths.
A blurry line lies
between the good and the bad,
blocking the refugees’ blurry tearful eyes.

A blurry line lies
between the good and the bad;
Life and Death,
so intertwined.

Thursday Sept. 03, 2015
In memory of all refugees lost at sea

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The body of 3-year-old Syrian Alan Kurdi was found on a Turkish beach after the small rubber boat he, his 5-year old brother Galib and their mother, Rehan, were in capsized during a desperate voyage from Turkey to Greece.  They were among 12 migrants who drowned off the Turkish coast of Bodrum that day.  Alan's body was discovered on a Turkish beach in sneakers, blue shorts and a red shirt on Wednesday.

Related Links:
http://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/world/2015/09/150903_china_military_parade_socialmedia