Je suis Charlie

To the victims of life

One for each of them.

Each of the fallen,

each of the ones who made fall.

Watching along with

tearful eyes, numb cheeks,

nearly believing. 

There are no words.

There are plenty of thoughts, 

but no words.

Not enough words for

one for each of them,

but the thoughts are all there.

We watch along now, but

we need to think along,

respect and love along.

Not every one of dark will kill.

Not every one of light will still.

Even after this, we must not generalise.

Thoughts and hearts will always

go out to those who can no longer

pour out their own, friend or foe.

We lose many before they know they are

lost themselves, when they lose others

along with them.

However, we must not generalise,

we must strive for compassion, strength,

love.

Hold a hand, 

hold a heart,

hold back the fight.

We are not only 'Charlie' - 

we are humanity,

not a singularity.

We must work and strive,

keep all alive, keep all

happy to be so. 

Rest well, as pointless martyrs,

nonetheless radicalising our tears,

for you and your ways.

To the victims of death

Reviews

[Cool Girl]

What a beautiful piece. Very touching and meaningful. It is indeed terrible what happened in France, but we will overcome it.

[Daniel Sutheran]

Thank you. We will overcome it, eventually.

[Cool Girl]

Welcome! :)

[charlie]

"We are not only 'Charlie' -
we are humanity, ..."

My favourite lines, because it doesn't seem to want to exclude the thousands of people who have been slaughtered by forces, left and right, throughout Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and the works...

Thanks for sharing.

[Daniel Sutheran]

Thank you for your review. Not forgetting those who adhere to extremism themselves - we are all human, no matter. I doubt we'll ever be forgetting what happened this week.

[charlie]

Sadly, we will remember it much longer than we remember the simple families in the middle east - caught in the middle of wars that aren't theirs and their blood blown into the fragments of dirt from where they where they were merely trying to survive and eek a livelihood ...

[Daniel Sutheran]

Yet, who is there to blame? Do we blame religious people? Do we blame politicians? Do we blame fanatics? Can we really blame anyone at all? This entire situation is something that transgresses blame altogether - we just need change.

[charlie]

I think you may be right. What good can blame do?