The entirety of Refugee Mother and Child comes together in these last two verses, and there are a great many ways to interpret it, all of them very sad in nature. This verse highlights the harsh reality of a great many things that are taken for granted very often in the world; how something as simple as combing the hair of a young son can be a daily ritual in one country, and be equally as symbolic as decorating a grave in another. The analogy is frighteningly powerful, and creates an image that is simply impossible to not contemplate deeply… which is undoubtedly the intention of the wording.