Hope Amid the Noxious Fumes

Physically exhausted and emotionally drained,

yet he musters the inner strength,

to make a statement for posterity.

In a strained voice, he recounts,

with clinical precision and rational analysis,

the carnage of that toxic night.

What his team did right; 

what they can do better.

His composure breaking at times:

fifty children dead on arrival.

Physically exhausted and emotionally drained,

but not defeated nor intimidated.

He is steadfast, he has plans, 

to educate his people, 

to better protect them

from the next plume of lethal gas, 

unleashed by a cruel despot,

whose savagery knows no bounds.

Physically exhausted and emotionally drained,

but with tenacity beyond his young age. 

 His resourcefulness and civic-mindedness,

 a testament to Syria's young,

who sparked the revolution 

and remain Syria's best hope 

for a future free of tyranny.