Red Stained Silence

NATO says found Afghan children dead after air strike

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-afghanistan-airstrike-idUSTRE81C0MU20120213

Dense snow fell like tufts of cotton

As boys  herded flocks of sheep

White on white

Until bombs ricocheted like fireworks,

Yielding only red stained silence.