Two Children

[Bunx]

Two Children

Dust covers her feet,
inherent defeat.
With each step
droplets of her life,
appear as rust on earth.

Falls asleep crying,
after anxiety attacks.
Tears leave yellow crust
sealing her eyes shut.
They did not open up.

A moving shell,
toiling, real hell.
He has not tasted food,
since his parents died.
He has not tried.

Silence, comes out
tries to refuse
large hands paid to abuse.
Choosing his fate,
a slow escape.

[allijane]

Is this about how parents' death effect the children in the story?

[Bunx]

I wrote it after reading a bit about the two children that died being held is the US. It is not 100% factual to the actual news story.