I am a child who loves peace
I have always believed in peace
Until I saw something on TV,
something not expected at all,
I saw on the screen war
and destruction
I saw children sleeping in tents
They lost the embrace and
protection of their parents
I saw schools
and parks
empty of children,
I cried from what I saw and went to
the source of love,
my father
I asked him: Where did peace go?
Where are schools and parks?
Where is medicine and where is food?
Who burned the olive
branch
and who killed doves
?
I call on all to bring our
childhood laughter back
And to let my dreams for
peace become real.
Sawsan Alshamiri (born c.2013) Yemen
Source: Poems for Peace from Children of Yemen, UNICEF, 2023
I have always believed in peace
Until I saw something on TV,
something not expected at all,
I saw on the screen war
and destruction
I saw children sleeping in tents
They lost the embrace and
protection of their parents
I saw schools
and parks
empty of children,
I cried from what I saw and went to
the source of love,
my father
I asked him: Where did peace go?
Where are schools and parks?
Where is medicine and where is food?
Who burned the olive
branch
and who killed doves
?
I call on all to bring our
childhood laughter back
And to let my dreams for
peace become real.
Sawsan Alshamiri (born c.2013) Yemen
Source: Poems for Peace from Children of Yemen, UNICEF, 2023
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