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Children sleeping on the streets
Because Aleppo is Burning
The people have no food to eat
Because Aleppo is Burning
Shrapnel stuck in skin and bone
Because Aleppo is Burning
Families who have no home
Because Aleppo is Burning
Global protests on the streets
Because Aleppo is Burning
We have demands we need to meet
Because Aleppo is Burning
Cries for freedom for this land
Because Aleppo is Burning
We try to help you understand
Because Aleppo is Burning
We cannot fight this fight alone
Because Aleppo is Burning
This violence we won’t condone
Because Aleppo is Burning
We all must do whatever we can
Because Aleppo is Burning
Around the world, United We Stand
Because Aleppo is Burning
#AleppoIsBurning
#SyriaIsBurning
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This poem originally appeared on the author’s Page on Facebook, Empathy Globally: Painful Portraits of People – in Poetry
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