"A Child Living in Iraq"

I live in a place where war occurs;
Killing seems normal to me.
I live in a place where people fight;
Hatred seems normal to me.
I live in a place where people are killed;
Death seems normal to me.
I live in a place that’s bombed and burnt;
Ugly seems normal to me.
I live in a place where children die;
Hopelessness seems normal to me.
I live in a place some say doesn’t exist;
But hell seems normal to me.