I light a candle
to the ones gone
who were not heroic
but who stood up
and shone in the
everyday, in the
ordinary of their
suffering lives,
in lives lived proud
among the ruins,
in lives of perseverance
that stand as testaments
to the courage
they displayed through
the human desire to
survive and to help
their families see beyond
another war smoked day.
20/12/2016