Starving health poor they cowered
in the dirt and sewage
oppressed and desperate for mercy
that was never shown
makeshift tents the only protection
from blistering heat
and the merciless cold of the night
in an endless plight!
An enemy who despised their being
treated as subhuman
had nothing it had been destroyed
every move watched
as soldiers often raided their lives
condemned by society
yet their spirit and beliefs remained
even though contained!
Rights to their land were given away
in poverty did stay
hoping that sanity could be restored
the killings stopped
they were willing to share the land
finding a way to peace
there were to many with evil intent
their extermination hell-bent!
Can there ever be unity between humans?