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It’s Her Home
It’s all she knows.
It’s her home
It’s where she lives
With her mother, her father, and her brother
It’s all she knows
She cries when her brother is afraid
It breaks her heart
To see his tear-stained face
Trembling
When the bombs explode nearby
She doesn’t understand
She doesn’t get to choose
Who’s on who’s side
Or which one she’s on
She doesn’t know
She doesn’t care
For politics
Or speeches
Given by old men in suits
Telling her where she and her brother
Can and cannot live
Sipping scotch
In paneled chambers
Not knowing her name
Or how their games
Destroy her home
And kill her neighbors
Will mercy
Ever find its way
To where she lives
To where she used to play
She cries when her brother is afraid
She holds him
When the bombs explode nearby
This is her home
It’s where she lives
With her father, her mother, and her brother
It’s all she knows
It’s all she knows
This is her home
