Mankind?!

'In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell

I was too young then,

Four going on to five,

to know, to understand but, I’m still alive.

 

I live to tell my tale.

For three days and

four nights

holding on to my headless mother’s hand.

                We, a family of four

               caught up in a fight

               of too many wrongs

           and much pretended “right”.

On that fateful night,

our roof collapsed

and my dreams died.

                                I cried,

for three days and

four nights,

with only echoes of my tears

to embrace and comfort my fears.

          Since then, my tears have dried,

                       I cry no more,

                       I’m older now,

though it’s only been days.

          I now know that Karma

                         will settle my score,

                                     in spite of a world,

           that has gone deaf

                      and is obviously blind.

                     I believe in my Creator

                         and trust mankind.

Author's Note

After reading a shocking report published on January 8, 2009 in the TimesOnline:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5474016.ece

Reviews

[PENS FOR PEACE /TJ CALI..]

AN AWESOME POEM MY FRIEND! WE MUST SPEAK OUT ON THE CRIMES BEING COMMITED AGAINST HUMANITY!
WRONG IS WRONG AND YOU CAN'T HIDE THE SUN WITH YOUR HAND! THIS POEM HAS SO MUCH TRUTH AND PAIN THAT IT STIRS MY SOUL WHEN I READ IT!
KEEP WRITING FROM YOUR SOUL FOR THE GOOD OF ALL SOULS!
GOOD JOB MY FRIEND AND A GOOD WRITE!
PLEASE SUBMITTED THIS POEM FOR THE PENS FOR PEACE CONTEST FOR HUMANITY!
ALWAYS,
TIM

[Emily B]

oh, oh, oh

your words have met metal

there is power in the word

[Gandré]

..yes, I hear you. I think Israel is in the 3rd phace of this war, the psychological one. But how can we say anything about it. Are we in their consciousness..
I think, humanity didn't learn anything, wars always were and always will be, everything is politics.

[Sheila Kline]

Such absolute horror! Atrocities that we cannot begin to fathom in the name of WHAT? God help us.
This is brilliantly delivered. Your words made me feel as I was the one holding the mother's body! I had not read the story, but now I know of it.
Well done!!
Sheila

[Love Struck]

I'm pretty sure I've read that article - or something similar, anyway. It's a very sad idea to realize that our world isn't as perfect as we thought. But you have just the right amount of talent to be able to stifle this kind of sympathy in your writing. It really makes you think....you're one of the few people I know that is able to pull this off. Thumbs up!

[Legion]

:( To too many this is a reality. So sad.