Boys on the beach

We want to play

We want to run free

Forget about the bombs

Forget that my parents were murdered

Forget my grandparents were killed in their villages

Forget that my relatives are being tortured in jails

Forget that I cant go to school because its been blown up

Forget that I live in rubble

Forget that I can't escape this living hell

Forget for a moment

Forget that one of neighbors was ran over in car

By a man who will never be tried for murder

Forget that there is no future and there is no hope

We want to play

Bang

My friend does not move anymore

Bang

Sniper takes another person I know

I can still run

I can still get away

Bang

Did something hit me?

I look up

I feel warm

Am I bleeding?

The dead don’t need to play anymore