Drowned in a Foreign Sea

inspired by 300 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Sicily http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/06/300-migrants-feared-dead-sicily 

Born in Bangladesh

Childhood in Chad

Escaped from Eritrea

Ivory Coast or Nigeria

Somalia or Sudan

All migrated to Libya

Their money stolen

Guns forced into unwilling hands

Hope,

A creaky wooden ship,

A child’s toy,

Filled with sea water and sank

Eons from home
The lost float face down
in a foreign sea