Please bear in Mind by Brian Bilston

Brian Bilston

Please bear in mind

that the child drowned on the beach

was escaping from terror

not on some jolly holiday jaunt.

Please bear in mind

that the people in rafts

do not have the time to get in a queue.

Please bear in mind that no one puts children in boats

unless the water is safer than the land.

Please bear in mind that those who flee war deserve to be helped

not told to go back home.