Mar 2016
Children scurried ***** as rats
From the long dead smouldering
of rocks and boulders
To watch captivated
Enraptured by the sight
Of tiny parachutes floated from the sky.
Tiny handkerchiefs of hope
Descended as gently as leaves in a breeze
As the candy bomber
Wiggled his wings
And presented sweet things
Packaged as hope
Delivered with love
To let those know that though
They may be woe begotten
To some at least they were not forgotten.
From the long dead smouldering
of rocks and boulders
To watch captivated
Enraptured by the sight
Of tiny parachutes floated from the sky.
Tiny handkerchiefs of hope
Descended as gently as leaves in a breeze
As the candy bomber
Wiggled his wings
And presented sweet things
Packaged as hope
Delivered with love
To let those know that though
They may be woe begotten
To some at least they were not forgotten.
A small tribute to US pilot Gail Halvorsen who in 1948 air dropped sweets to starving children in Berlin held under siege by the Russians. At present we sadly have many places in the world where we need more men like him capable to delivering hope and compassion to those desperately in need.
