~ inked by the sensitivity you instinctively exude

somewhat poetic prose; i write merely to exercise my right to write; in a tragic incident, an assailant hurled racial slurs before shooting two indians in kansas - one of them died

monsieur scalpel,

every time an untimely death

speaks through the bullet 

of a gun that should never have

been found in the hands of someone

brimming with hatred

overflowing with venom

deranged because of

ratcheted up language

immersed in the imagery of paranoia

invoking something

as senseless as narrow nationalism

i'm reminded of you

and doctors without borders

and how

before i really read tagore's essays

critiquing nationalism

you taught me what a vacuous concept

patriotism truly is

your vocabulary

is the calligraphy of

your immaculate and impeccable

intellect inked by the sensitivity

you instinctively exude

i sensed that patriotism

has the potential to transport

anyone beyond the boundaries

of sheer sanity

at the cost of humanity

and i began to fathom the serenity

of the Hippocratic oath

it would be impossible for me

to repay my debt to you

for this one reason alone

Author's Note

Reviews

[_mal]

God you're constantly evolving

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

The subjects in this poem all fit together perfectly. This is an elegant observation of a very dangerous issue. Thank you for writing this one.

[. serah .]

~ thanks a million for your kind words, mr. rellis... ~ 'tis indeed a dangerous issue... perhaps one of the most dangerous ones we will ever encounter...

[SkinlessFrank]

doctors without borders is my favorite charitable organization....it is the anti-nationalism epitomized in actions and deeds...but how do we get the world on that wavelength?

[. serah .]

~ thanks a million for sharing your thoughts, maestro d. ... ~ we really need the world on that wavelength in this age of hatred that we are living through... and i dunno how we could make humanitarianism prevail but i do believe a good starting point might be classifying hatred on the basis of race, religion, nationality etc. as 'insanity'... at least that's how i learnt how to deal with the insanity within me (by calling a spade a spade)... ~ the surgeon, of course, helped me immensely by simply being who he is... and speaking rationally and eloquently...

[Alisa Js]

Hello serah,

Thank you for sharing such beautiful flowing thoughts... it was almost like a melody as I read through.

Alisa

[. serah .]

~ thank you for your kind words, dear alisa...

[Alisa Js]

You are very welcome..

Alisa ;-)