They live now as citizens of countries
where conflict is an alien concept
these refugees from war-torn nations
whose flight brought them to safety and
new lives. They live in the freedom denied
them in their homeland where death stalked
the land where their memories still linger
their loss rankling, their fear for relatives
and friends incessant and with reason now
the theocratic butchers that once reined
and shattered peoples' lives have returned.
Their fears orders a protest that their new
country lacks a response to the fearsome
return of Islamist rule yet their conflicted
placards appeal to peace, not war. Surely
they are aware implacable fundamentalists
cannot be moved by diplomatic measures
for they are dedicated to violence and death
both of which the refugees escaped and now
writhe in agony of conscience at those left
to suffer the degraded loss of humanity.
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