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Monday, May 24, 2010 4:09 PM By yeeharkk

Children in the Darkness

There are children in the darkness
Who have not seen the light
There are children in the darkness
Who someone will teach to fight

Chalk and blackboards will not be
To this door there is no key
From this life they can not flee
And these children are not free

Could we simply light a candle
Could we give them half a chance
Could we teach them how to read
Could we teach them how to dance

Or will a war consume them
Their body and their soul
Will their life and blood be poured
Down some endless thirsty hole

Back into the darkness
From which there is no flight
Back into the darkness
Into which there shines no light

This poem, 'Children in the Darkness', refers to the many youths that have to be sacrificed in the war. They are in the darkness refers to how they are trapped in the dark horrors of the war.

The conflict of this poem is how the youths are trapped and is unable to escape from the war. They are only immature youths that are people have to 'teach them how to read' and 'teach them how to dance'. They have not even enjoyed their childhood and yet they are being taught how to fight a war which they might lose their lives in.

This conflict in the poem shows how the conflict between countries in the war affects the lives. The war will definitely have a negative impact on those that fight in the war and remains a big fight against the psychological impact they will have after the war.

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