Hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women, and people are caught in the crossfire of a terrible war in Iraq. As “ISIS” is being defeated day-by day, innocent people are still being terrorized. This is fucking unacceptable.
The struggle for Mosul — which involves U.S. air power and an array of Iraqi ground forces — is the largest and most complex so far in the battle against Islamic State militants, who have been digging in for a fight. Residents who have recently fled the area and Iraqi officials with contacts inside the city say the Islamic State has been erecting concrete barricades and filling trenches with oil that can be set on fire to slow advancing forces. (Washington Post)
This poem was written with our heroes and the innocent children in mind. May they be safe during the Battle of Mosul, and may they rebuild and thrive shortly thereafter.
Though we’ll win the war
What of the poor
And the children
God, please protect the children
Watch over our fighters
As they march through hell
Dodging mines and booby traps
He is watching
The watcher from above
The watcher from within
We will win
Once we rebuild
We will thrive
Else we’ll die
For surviving is not the goal
Thriving is
Please God protect the innocent
I originally posted this on Huge Thinking – Iraq Poem.