Never Again

Something I wrote about Darfur.

 

Never again,

Two words spoken,

But yet forgotten,

Words are meaningless

When no one listens,

When no one remembers,

When promises are broken,

When truth is nonexistent,

 

When lies perpetuate death,

And the truth remains unspoken,

Hearts become broken.

 

Never again,

Will we ignore the pain of others

Never again,

Will we watch a people die,

Never again,

Will we stand by,

And watch the slaughter of innocence.

 

“Never again”,

Were two words spoken,

Words that are now broken,

For the people that die,

The children burned alive,

The women that are raped

 

The world watches,

As a countries two words,

Of a broken promise,

Remain to be seen,

People wait for our action,

But we make none,

For never again,

Was just a lie,

To cover a tragedy,

That now repeats itself,

In Sudan,

Never again.

Reviews

[Lady V]

Amazing piece. This speaks to so many levels for me. It can be a relationship, it can be life or it can be maturity. We have come to a point in life when words mean less and less because no one honors their word. Trust has been lost and in return we become alone in our own world because we are scared to let others in.

Great piece

Live, Love and Learn

Lady V

[Dimples87]

This is most definitely a powerful piece, wow, I'm just in awe of all it is and all it was. This definitely speaks to the souls of those lost to the crazy war we're fighting over there, the minds and bodies of U.S. troops who are gone forever, the whole thing speaks volumes to what we're all witnessing and it's just powerful. Love it, love it all.

[Twilight]

This is the first submission, which I have reviewed for my Contest! Well, it is a good one. Both meaningful, sincere and quite political. Despite these great qualities, this does not have much of a flow or clear structure. On the otherhand, I accept that the writer probably knows this. Furthermore, she had more worthy intentions, than simply following a conventional format.

Well, you repeat "never again", as a way of reminding the reader that the awful behaviour does happen again. In other words, this is a way of emphasising that when the politicians say "never again", such cruel behaviour does happen again! Indeed, words can be worthless! Indeed, that is also one of the worthy messages, expressed in Sarah's poem.

"no one listens" and "no one remembers". These words made me think, in particular. It may be worth remmbering that these words apply to many other people too! Not just the politicians! For example, the news media, general public and others. Any thoughts, in regard to that?

Thankyou kindly, for your submission!

[N. N. Grainger]

this is an excellent and poignant piece. thank you for entering it into my competition.