School was so much fun today, grammar and all
The long black barrel of a gun touches the tip of her nose
Adong screams and kicks her legs in utter fright
But the men in green don’t care at all
The long black barrel of a gun knocks her unconscious
She awakes in the middle the dark, painful night
Where the stars hide in disgust
The cricket’s song is subdued
She looks around her, soldiers camouflaged in the darkness Shoulders bent by the weight of the rifles
The heavy gun now hangs on her scrawny shoulders
Her body a collage of torture marks
Shrapnel scars on her left arm
Mutilations on her buttocks from a million beatings
A flower that knows no bloom
