Heads In The Sand

finished 8.6.2016

War:
The rumble
Still distant
But nearing every day
The waves of war rolling towards us at tremendous speed
So crumble
Will this land
It's time we get away
Before they kill us all and blow our house to smithereens
We're off

We leave this land about to fall
Don't know if we'll come back at all
In search of safety we set out
The sky above draped in black clouds

In little tents we're sleeping
The night is dark without a moon
I hear the children weeping
Morning will come soon

The border's closed, the door is shut
The wire fence is drawing blood
But we will find another way
Across the sea it's safe, they say
Mad

The boat will break
Under the weight
Slowly, we sink in the water
Cold bodies float
Seems so remote
A ship comes to our rescue

Today they saved us from this wreck
Tomorrow they send us back
Europe's the pie and we're the wasps
They keep us out at any costs
But if this water could be drained
They all would hang their heads in shame

... and now the news of the day:
Another
Boat capsized
It's number four this week
The beaches littered with the bodies of the innocent
Dead in the sand