In memory of the children we all lost on 16-12-2014 (APS Attacks in Peshawar)
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
The pillow you rested your head on
The cricket bat against the wall
The book you kept open
That day you went to school.
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
The pain whenever I remember,
The tears that fall unbidden,
The people who look at me with pity,
The heavy-footed walk to your grave.
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
The posts on Facebook with your smiling faces,
The comments of remorse,
The shaking of the heads at your memory,
The sharing and re-tweeting of apologies.
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
The hangings in your name,
The songs of bravery and valor for you,
The debating over how wrong it was,
The indecision on who to blame.
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
The hypocrisy
The excuses
The games
The questions
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
The war has raged only in peripherals,
They have not learned a single lesson,
They'll never know what they lost that day,
It was not just a school full of children
It's been a year and nothing has changed,
Your murderers still lurk around my love,
They have taken lives in France,
They have made little children from Syria drown
They continue to snuff out innocence.
It's been a year and nothing has changed!
