To Stay or Go

An endless war ravages the streets

Surrounded by enemies

We will find no safety

Nor peace

Yet it's dangerous to flee

Over deserts and through the seas

Pack our families

It's time to leave

There is no place we can go

Unwanted

Abandoned

Starving

Begging

Paying with endless tears

Calloused feet and empty hope

Blood stains our weeping hearts

We made it here

Now we're shunned

Death stalks us

A shadow always near

Slowly constraining our breath

As the world turns their head

Shrugs their shoulders

Walks away

Another's problem

Just go home

We would love too

But there's no place

Left to go