The peom I choose is "Children in the Darkness"
(just a bit of background infomation)
The war poet wrote this piece of poem when he was sitting in my hotel room in Saigon just before Christmas 2009.
He was actually going to write a poem about the girls who work in the park and how badly men treat them.
Although he was angry, he could not write anything that did not sound trite or weak. Then, he looked at the TV and the news was on.
He did not know what the news reader was saying but in the background was a photo of a small boy with a helmet and an automatic rifle.
The poem flowed out.
This poem writes about little kids who were forced to fight as most men in the country has died. The conflict is that the little children are supposed to be in school and study but instead, they are carrying guns and fighting battles.
