Shaking hands with evil
seeps into the weak,
burning morals and compassion
screwing people’s lives
Lives of people fleeing
violence, poverty, shame.
People looking for new beginnings,
people looking for security.
Human beings
who know how to love
who protect their children
who want the world to be better
who risk destablising lives
who reach the borders of hope
and are arrested
torn from their children
thrown in cages
sent back alone
waiting for their children
whose lives must no longer contain any hope
because others shook hands with evil.
© Emma Woodford
'Going through hell' at the border: parents split from children tell of anguish
Emma is a social activist and poet living in the Belgian countryside with her family and many animals.
