Late into the foggiest dim night
when every grownup is asleep,
little creatures roam and

I didn’t walk here,

I ran.

I was born into misery;

heartache and woe;

amidst

Outside the night swells with calm,
just the buzz made by the lamps,
traffic lights change red to

‘It’s nice to be here,’ said Mum.

‘You have a lovely home,’ said Dad.

‘Thank you,’ they

The chaos I feel inside and keep
remains still static like water drops
laid on a marble surface

Mankind is the most abhorrent,
repulsive and vile creature
on this earth.

He proceeds to

Bombs come screeching through the air,
they fall effortlessly discriminately,
because they were

If this is democracy,
Children dying,
Men and women buried alive,
Planet crying,

If death and

We are hungry.
We are displaced.
We are suffering.
We are embarrassed
by our governments.

We

Bottle of your cheapest scotch barkeep.
You can’t afford that sonny,
why don’t you get some rye