A Children's Abecedary

A Children’s Abecedary

C 2014 by E.M.Kabak

A is for Abdul killed by a drone

B is Bahirah a refugee  alone

C is for Cala married at eight

D is for Dima consumed by war’s fate

E is Ermina a volunteer shahid

F is Fatima offed by Janja weed

G is Ghazal attacked by a leopard

H is Hanif who was salted and peppered

I is for Ihab by blasphemy banned

J is Jamal buried in sand

K is Kareem in a small capsized boat

L is for Leila- sold for a goat

M is is Malikah digging in trash

N is Nuriya trafficked for cash

O is for Omar- a machine gun’s his tool

P is for Purvez  who can’t attend school

 Q is Qasim a child soldier lauded

R is for Rafi who’s been waterboarded

S is Sabirah who only eats rice

T is Tariq- taught that reading’s a vice

U is Ulfah who walks behind men

V is Varisha too poor for a pen

W is for Walid who buys guns for drugs

X is Xobeen smuggled in rugs

Y is for Yasmine who lives in the mud

Z is Zahira washed away by a flood

This is an alphabet herein displayed

To show the world’s children who’ve all been betrayed