I just turned Eight!!!

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To those mornings and to those nights when everything felt alrite,

To those memories, where hide n seek was just a game,
To those open wounds when we fell while playing,
To those fights where adults were never part of,
And to those full dinner tables where i never wanted to be a part of.


As now,
My morning and my nights are no more safe,
My family is playing hide and seek to live for few more days,
My wounds are open and mama doesn't know how to fix them,
Oh God!! that was my play ground that just blew up in the air,
I don't like when adults fight, the screams are making my sister scare.

My dada asked me to be brave,
To protect my family,
You see, he is gone now and i am the only MAN in my family.
But how can i? how can i not be scared?
As today, I just turned eight!!!

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To the children of war!!!!

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By Khumar

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