migrant child

over a hundred miles they walked
refugees, foreigners
hungry, poor
suspicious, religious
tired, dirty, angry, hurting

they walked, they cried, they fled
one hundred miles, one hundred agonising miles

awoken in darkness
smelling fear
fled for their lives
fled for each other
fled for their child
fled

left behind
a madman, a tyrant
a home, toys, clothes, a cup
a dictatorship, death, destruction
left behind a life

death they fled
a lonely mother, lonely father
refugees walked
over one hundred miles
carrying their baby
their precious child

in their arms
a lonely refugee


Jesus