cruelty

Is man inherently cruel?..is it social factors that made him so?? and many questions bother many minds...well i speak of the CRUELTY of man..check it out

Demvester, ’I speak of cruelty’

 

One sunny Sunday I sat by the sea sand,

And thought of the cruelty of a city by the citadel;

Of a widow whose woes brought tears into my eyes

The husband was shot by a short man in my sight

 

She was dragged out to be tortured without might

What a distasteful sight on my side

She was beaten with stones and hoes

She wailed and cried in her woes

 

I shivered in my bones

When I saw her eyes been gorged out with an animal bone

What has this woman done to deserve this pain?

I asked myself in pain

The heart of man is indeed wicked and cruel!!

Reviews

[redzone]

Human beings are capable of great cruelty as your poem graphically points to. The world does not have to be this way. It's because we live in a system that creates the basis for such atrocities ..if we fight to rid the world of this system we can change everything including how we see and treat each other!!

Your poem raises the important questions and does so with compelling artistic expression. Well done
~~redzone

[Al R. Arce]

Excellent poem! Its got some brilliant moments! Thank you for submitting!

[demvester4deworld]

Thanks to you all,for your comments.I appreciate your compliments and hope to do more and better!

[Spaceman26]

Wow, powerful and sad. There is no greater beast than man though. Well put together poem though.

[aidan otoole]

kind of gives you goosebumps! very chilling and cruel, in a beautiful way!

[Edward Lancheister]

hatred lead into cruelty, when the eye couldn't see the passion, loving kindness and justice

when hatred comes bring pain and vengeance

curse of human being