The Image

An Image*

Captures me in its eternity.

Dark Hollow eyes burrow into my soul,

An unforgiving stare that pleads no forgiveness

But asks only to forget. Why

His ribs jab into his skin. Why

He is too weak to play outside his own home. Why

His sister has to wash him and feed him. Why

His phantom arm cries out in pain.

In anger he yells and screams

For all the loss that he only knows.

Why

But his voice is nothing against

The sirens of blaring propaganda

So he can only stare,

Dark hollow eyes that burrow into my soul,

Asking only to forget

*Inspired by an image of North Korean boy