I think I heard a foreign leader say:

‘I haven’t focused on this for a while’;

But I must focus on it every day

And cannot fake concern or flash a smile.

 

I put my kids into the shelter’s care

And pray no missiles fall upon my place;

Each night time’s challenge is to grab some share

Of soothing sleep, with each new dawn to face.

 

My husband is still fighting at the front;

I worry what will happen all the time.

We trapped inside a madman’s crazy stunt;

He feels no need to justify his crime.

 

We did not seek this onslaught from the sky,

Or wish our friends and family destroyed.

The raw survival tricks that we apply

Could be so much more gainfully employed.