Lavender

May 17, 2025 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Little Girl in Gaza

You never fired a missile
nor denied a bite to eat
to starving people

You never caused
blood to flow
nor insist eyes witness

death -
smell its breath
step in its sticky mortification

You never shouldered reason
to destroy someone's

home -
dining table, bed
their shoes, a thin cloth to wipe their face

You never wanted to watch the murder of
countrymen, babies
your family and friends...

your crying mother.

You never shattered another child's life.
And you never saw the end of this shitty war.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Too many children have lived in, and witnessed, horror. Too many have lost their lives.

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Country/Region: United States

Favorite Poets: I tend to read Ted Kooser, Jim Harrison, Billy Collins, Paul Simon, Robert Frost. I like minimalist poetry, and poems reflecting on nature and Mother Earth.

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Comments

Leslie

1 month 1 week ago

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THIS MUST BE VERY NEW , BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS COMMENTED. THERE ARE HARD THINGS COMING AND ALREADY HERE I HOPE I DIE BEFORE THE WORST OF IT. I THOUGHT THIS POEM WAS MORE THAN JUST EXPRESSIVE. I FEEL SADNESS WHEN I READ IT. THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AREN'T RIGHT, BUT WHO IS TO SAY WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG. ONLY A WARM UNDERSTANDING HEART LIKE YOUR OWN. PLEASE KNOW THAT I ESTEEM YOU AS A FRIEND AND THAT THIS WAS A WONDERFUL POEM!

Lavender

1 month 1 week ago

Hello, John,

Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts with this.
It's all senseless and tragic.
Good to see you back, and I appreciate your visit!
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Leslie

1 month 1 week ago

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Thank you for your reply

Rula

1 month 1 week ago

Oh for

that horror in Gaza my dear friend. I never imagined to witness such days. The real tragedy is being unable to reach them, or give a hand.
Is donation and supplication ever enough? I wonder :(
Thank you for sharing as always my dear friend.

Lavender

1 month ago

Hello, Dear Rula,

I agree... is it enough? Continued support for vulnerable children of Gaza, and all areas affected by war around the world.
Thank you,
Lx

Dalton

1 month 1 week ago

Dear Lavender

It's the suffering of innocents of this world whuvh goes unremembered truly if our leaders cared about their children and their people there would ge no war the abomination of humanity. You are brave and honourable to write this poem and I hope it continues til the end of these terrible wars.

Lavender

1 month ago

Hello, John,

I appreciate your comments and thoughts. Hard to not speak out, especially as a poet.
Thank you!
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Candlewitch

1 month 1 week ago

Dearest Lavender,

your poem is quite profound, sad, and it makes me so angry this world we live in. What is it going to take to wake up those in charge and motivate them to remedy this situation? Greatly inspiring poem.

love, Cat xxx

Lavender

1 month ago

Hello, Cat,

Such suffering thrown on innocent children and vulnerable people, not just Gaza, but around the world.
Thank you for reading,
Lx

Roscoe Lane

2 weeks 2 days ago

Never have,

Never have i done any of these cowardly acts, but reading your poem stirs in me a more culpable crime i and many others commit. The sound of silence, we should be screaming at our leaders to stop all wars. Terrific thought provoking piece. Love Roscoe...

Lavender

2 weeks 2 days ago

Hello, Roscoe,

Heartbreaking. Unbelievable. And you are so correct - we need to be raising our voices.

Thank you for your comments and sharing your love and thoughts.

Lxx