The battles over races
They just want to run
but are being pointed at with a gun
Young children are crying
because their parents are dying
Bodies covered in blood
The tears created a flood
The bombs hitting the ground
No one was left to be found
The meaning behind the poem is to express the loss and death seen in war. It shows how adults and children are killed. The pain, feelings, and sights show how war can hurt and leave permanent damage on the mind. This connects to all of the poems and stories we read because the topic in the stories and poem is loss and they share a theme of inhumanity in war.
