Thursday, February 20, 2014

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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12 comments:

  1. Good use of the list, Hank. I see we both used cardboard as a building material. Well done.
    K

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  2. Excellent use of the word list. you paint a grim picture of the of the consequences of war--all too common in our conflict ridden world.

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  3. Wonderful word content, and great to read.

    Yvonne.

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  4. Vulnerable...Dismal times...~ The picture works well for this sad story. ~ Clever use of words.

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  5. ugh...what a brutal place...the tent cities rules by street gangs....
    was just watching what is breaking out in the ukraine right now...

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  6. would not want to be anywhere near one of those places, has to be super rough

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  7. You write with such realism I feel I am there to witness the scenes you describe.

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  8. Ugh. Impressive, Hank, in its desolation ~

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  9. You've certainly found reality in this list from sci-fi. Very tragic.

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  10. Excellent use of the list, what a great poem! Thanks for writing to my prompt, Hank. It's always great to be here.

    Take care and keep smiling.

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