KE Y STAGE 4 POETRY EXCERPT FROM ‘HOW CAN YOU SLEEP’ As pain glides through my soul My body burns like coal Innocent fragile surrounded my misery and control Beaten by barbarians, bleeding and bruised But still, we carry on; it’s what we do. Nothing is left but lifeless bodies and remains scattered on the annihilated ground. I yearn for a mother’s soft touch as I long for a father’s pride to keep me from falling. Nothing is the same we can say our family chain is forever broken And I wonder, only wonder Why have they spilled thunder and blood into our land?
© Sameea Shahid Key Stage 4 Poetry
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