Can You Hear The Children's Cry

Can you hear the children's cry,
know of the tears
that weep,
to be born
then tossed
in a battle
ever lost.

Can you hear them mourn
As they sit alone
Sleep alone
hungry and torn.

Can you see their tears
as they fight
the monster
who claims to be real
shaking their every fear.

Can you hear the children cry,
as they are ripped
from family to family
in hell
without a cup to sip.

Can you feel them shake
as that shadow
comes in the night
scarring, beating
raping their innocence,
their souls to take.

Can you hear their cry
as they lie beaten
and burned on the floor
praying to have wings to fly
away from this place,
these people
who have forgotten
the children of the world.

for One Stop Poetry prompt