They shot the child in her innocent beauty
said she was a human shield
she made them do it they said
yet she was just a child.
They shot the mother who held the child
her womb a demographic threat
she made them do it they said
yet she was only a mother.
They shot the boy who ran from them
said his stones were missiles
he made them do it they said
his face blazes at them still.
Sylvia Posadas, July 2014.