JULY 11TH IS HARD
Overview
As a 5 year old I lived in a town called Srebrenica in Bosnia and the town was torn by war, 8372 men and boys were killed in the genocide on just July 11th, 1995. The worst Genocide in recent European history with the exception of Holocaust. My childhood memories were not the best, and as an adult and a parent now I want to make sure that it is not forgotten so very often I write about it and hope to share it with my children one day.
POEM
JULY 11TH
BY: Semira Salihovic
July 11th is hard!
It is hard becayse of mother's tears and sister's cries.
It is hard because of every son, husband and brother that still have not been found.
It is hard because of fathers that gave their life for Srebrenica.
it is hard becaue of kids who would love to have their grandfather, father, brother or uncle.
July 11th is hard, hard because of spilled blood.
Hard because of injustice.
Hard because of GENOCIDE!
So tell your children what happened they need to know.
Tell them about the beauty of Bosnia and the fight of our people.
Tell them they should be proud to belong to people that were put through the worst
trials but have not given up!
Tell them about that with pride.
Tell them why July 11th is hard.