Soaring spirit

Conflict, hope, childhood, innocence; merchants of death and hatred; triumph of life in killing fields

Soaring spirit

An armless kid

Playing soccer,

His tiny head,

His arms

That lift the

Ball and his

Indomitable spirit,

That finds little delights

In life’s ironies.

The conflict

Claimed his young arms

But simply

Failed to kill

His unconquerable spirit

That triumphs

Over the crippling disability---

A strong message

To the global merchants of death

That kill innocents

In Afghanistan,

Somalia,

India,

Iran,

Or

Pakistan,

These survivors

Of the killing fields,

Continue to smile,

Sweetly at the hate-filled

Programmed mercenaries.

(Inspired by a picture of Majid Saeedi, an award-winning Iranian photojournalist)

Author's Note

Hope spring up in most unlikely places and giving meaning to life of a disabled kid---casuality of merchants of death. An Ode to this spirit.

Reviews

[Dreaming lord]

hm... this reminded me of a concept ive been thinking long back.. about a man who lost his two hands.. but he somehow wants to live.. n become a great football player.. :)