Image: Refugee camp for Displaced Persons (here)
12 given words:
left evil hood right sad torches march
stability statues facts orange lies
Surreptitiously left abandoned
Aftermath of disagreements and clashes
of warlords and mercenaries
whose evil intentions were masked under a hood
Right under the very eyes of authorities
Aftermath of disagreements and clashes
of warlords and mercenaries
whose evil intentions were masked under a hood
Right under the very eyes of authorities
Sad sight seemingly as though torches
were run all over their meager huts
They were made to march aimlessly
Away from the stability of their homes
Away from the stability of their homes
They remained statues-like in camps
How they suffered alone
Where facts were jumbled with fiction
Regarded as bothersome
Who were there to fight on their behalf
They having shouted themselves hoarse
were orange with rage
While the world stood by
were orange with rage
While the world stood by
Waiting and waiting
What lies ahead no one knows
and no one cares
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You lift the distance to bring this tragic truth to us! I send money, but can hardly imagine how a coin in the hand will help. I wait in a nest I made, not in want, and often find the troubles of the world "out of sight, out of mind." Good one.
ReplyDeleteSuch sadness expressed, Hank! The last two lines especially break my heart.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this piece, Hank ... and your close is truly chilling. It is important, to speak up - to not do so is a form of tacit approval, I think.
ReplyDeleteSuch a huge and apparently hopeless situation – and yet it is important for all who can to keep on trying.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem and more. How can one read your words and not become drawn in?
ReplyDeleteSure does seem like any end in sight, yet trying they do.
ReplyDeletei just hate wars and chaos and selfishness can cause damage and grief to most of us.
ReplyDeleteOh, how I hope that your final line is not true, not true! Someone must care, they MUST!
ReplyDeleteA well crafted sobering piece of poetry, Hank.
ReplyDeleteHank, this made me weep, surely someone cares
ReplyDelete"What lies ahead no one knows / and no one cares"...Tragedy of humanity lies here. So heartbreaking....
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