Hostages; caged birds singing.
Hostages; fish jumping out of tanks
to be free.
Hostages; caterpillars soaring butterfly free,
wings severed.
Hostages; ant mounds smashed by bombing
stones.
Hostages; prisoners of war: given a few more
days to live.
Hostages; we of apathy and void of empathy
of hostages of war.
Hostages; remember, we’re God’s children of love
and peace, and can’t allow hate and bigotry to exist.