[To a Child by Alkistis Voulgari](https://alkistisvoulgari.weebly.com/poems-n-stories.html) 

Something is stirring in the Universe For how long shall I stay still and useless The child left his last breath in an Egyptian jail How many children yet How many people I do not know are fighting this very moment in gales, hospitals facing personal demons in personal deserts At this very moment while I am drinking my morning coffee phenomenically calm in my pink room How can I help? I sink my nails in my flesh I carry a roar that is not mine but my mother's, Earth and I lie to myself That my spirit is travelling everywhere and reaches them and I am with them at this very moment that they die Alone Abandoned Isolated In cold jails On cold hospital beds I lie that I'm there, I'm not there In my pink room I am drinking, in silence, my morning coffee I'm sorry that I'm not so brave I'm sorry that I do not know what to do I'm sorry My child

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" To A Child " by Alkistis Voulgari