Christians In Mosul: Convert Or Die 2014 Poem by Terence George Craddock

some Yazidi children escaped fighters
by fleeing to sought safety mountains
died from lack of food and water there

once upon a time there were photos
of Ezidi Kurdish children dying of thirst
cruel hunger on bleak Sinjar mountains

don't worry twitter safely sanitized
these images all horror happily deleted
a genocide swept under carpet erased

sweeping genocide under invisibility carpet
management decision big chief at twitter is go to big hitter
shocking mass murder scenes sanitized like cat litter...

once upon a time a quick scan of Youtube showed
gruesome videos heads on spikes live beheadings
one poor Christian forced to say the Shahada...

'there is no God but Allah
and Muhammad is his Prophet'
and then executed beheaded...

once upon a time there was a Warning:
don't google these things unless
you have a strong stomach...

once upon a time ISIS was killing
every Christian they could find
delighting finding Christians in hiding...

it was a mainstream media ignored genocide
when ISIS wanted everyone to convert
wanted sharia law to be the law of the land...

it was a brief time slip in history
when three thousand Christians in Iraq
were fleeing to neighboring cities in hopes of finding safety...

just a few dust lives indifferently swept under carpet...


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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