In the loop

24 hour news loop: a Syrian child

Like a doll, the boy sits in the ambulance.
The child's legs dangle over the seat.
He sits there, disorientated.
He puts his hand up to his bloodied face.
He examines his hand:
Whose blood is this?
Unsure, he wipes it on the seat.
The boy sits on the seat of the ambulance,
His legs dangling over the edge.
His hand goes up to his face,
His bloody, dusty face.
Whose blood is this?
He wipes it on the seat.
He sits in the ambulance,
So small, his spindly legs
Dangle over the edge of the seat.
There is blood on his face.
He puts up his hand and touches it.
Whose blood is this?
Where did it come from?
He looks at his hand
And wipes it on the seat.
He sits, waiting in the ambulance.
His skinny body is so puny.
There's blood on his face
And dust all over him.
He touches his face
And gets blood on his hand.
Where did the blood come from?
He wipes it on the seat.
He sits, silently, waiting, in the ambulance....

Just one viral video.
Just one injured child.
How many times can you watch it?

Janet Lees 18.08.2016