Call to arms (1st place)

Sent in this poem for a poetry competition at work and won. We had a choice of 3 pictures. I chose this

 

Call to Arms

They arrived with their batons and automatic guns
Screaming for us to surrender
Their faces betrayed any humanity
Shattered my peace and serenity

They murdered my family before my eyes
Did things you couldn’t imagine
And all the while they made me watch
Amused by my helpless reactions

Weak and disoriented they dragged me away
Chained like an animal for public display
They locked me in a windowless cell
God forbid that they have plans for me

Maybe being born was itself a crime
Or is it the colour of my skin
My pleas for mercy fall on ears of stone
Will justice ever be served me

My story is old
It’ll never be told
For no one will care when I am gone
It will be like I was never here

Propaganda of necessary violence
Enforced by the governments’ minions
Ethnic cleansing for a better world
The sanctity of life forgotten