Invisible Stains of Darfur
Damien V. Miller
Poetry
 
Invisible stains are the most difficult to remove So the Janjaweed practiced ethnic cleansing I imagine the wounds are now even harder to soothe They searched throughout Darfur's huts, crevices and grooves Bleaching the desert sand trying to rid it of every woman and man Invisible stains are the most difficult to remove Black stains framed by famine, fighting, and diseases have wounds that never seem to improve Entire cities sit silenced in the sun; scorched buildings and huts sided by carcasses undone I imagine the wounds are now even harder to soothe. Is there only honor when fighting suicide bombers; what must Darfur prove? Before there’s no one left, beside UNICEF who will come to battle bullets, rape and death? Invisible stains are the most difficult to remove Gassed in Germany, hanged in America, shot in Sudan, we’re all bruised. Invisible stains are the most difficult to remove I imagine the wounds are now even harder to soothe