They were vulnerable!

                                                                              Attribution: P Henstein
Image: Refugee Camps (here)

Semi-ruined Shared Collection Doubt  Roof  

Different Human  Cardboard Chance

Dismal Crestfallen Fragile Ever-present 

Contained Possibilities Future Stones Hours

A semi-ruined shack he shared with ‘uncle’

Uncle was the old man who ‘rescued’ him

when he arrived.

.

Having lost his parents to rebel fighters days

earlier he trudged along with the other

refugees and found himself without shelter

The chance of getting a roof over his head

was dismal though there were possibilities

Crestfallen he contained himself.

Uncle who was not given a tent himself

improvised with cardboards at the shack

That was not the problem. What he detested

most was the lawlessness propagated by gangs

of youth.  Acts of rape were common. A human

failing no doubt the situation  was fragile

Ever present were threats of physical violence

 and a future of empty hours. These were the
collection of thoughts weighing heavily like
stones on his shoulders. It was no different
in other tent cities.That was a consolation!

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