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Two brothers, clutching each other’s hands as they walk with blistered, battered feet… emaciated, skeletal bodies, mouths dry, longing for home, water, food… something I hold my son close and sing to him as he falls asleep Two brothers, wasted, lifeless, half naked roam the deserted streets of Haleb, the older boy carrying their baby…

You are here, my child.  You are here in my arms. I study your face;  the creases on your chubby little arms, legs…  I listen to your breaths…captivated by the rise and fall of your chest…  I watch you watching this new world around you…  each day your eyes –  transfixed at the sounds, smells,…

You are cartwheeling, somersaulting, wiggling and squirming about inside me, Dear One. My swollen belly contains you now, but you are restless, making your presence ever known. How we are anticipating your arrival into this World.  We love you so. Your sisters sit on either side of me, gently rest their tiny hands on my…

Dear faithful friend How I have missed you.  How I have longed to see you…  to know the refreshment that you give my soul each time I am by your side. And I have felt your presence again and it was as wondrous as the last time. Your mighty waves crashing upon the shore Sparkling…

  Your dancing brown eyes, long dark lashes have grown dim your once swollen cheeks starved, skeletal gaunt. Your parched lips, with tongue stuck to the roof of your mouth, try to utter a word: silence. Cries of anguish deafen you Where is the music of your childhood that marked your days and nights? The…