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16th September 1982, Lost Souls Day

On that dread day,

when innocent babes in arms

were torn screaming from the ******* of their mothers,

when the old and infirm were lined up

and had their spines snapped by high velocity bullets,

when the refugee camps ran red

with the slippery blood of voiceless victims,

when the sky itself wept and wailed,

on that dread day a nation bargained away

and lost its precious soul.

Peace and love died on that dread day.

 

 

©Rangzeb Hussain

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rangzeb-hussain
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Sep 16, 2011
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In memory of the innocent civilians who were massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps on September 16th 1982. Their dreams of hope, peace and love live on.

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