When they were butchering innocent children
for revenge or using them as human shield,
enacting the most gruesome act of inhumanity,
another scene of a child giving life and light:
a succour to others, was unfolding elsewhere,
revealing beauty, bounty of the human soul.

A toddler was brain dead and ready for funeral.
But his vital organs were harvested and donated.
His cornea will bring light to a pair of blind eyes;
the liver may replace a damaged balancing organ;
kidneys can end some one’s trauma of dialysis.
And his heart may beat in another gasping torso.

Life breathes, defying death; the show prolongs,
carrying burden of grief and humility of charity.