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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2001-10-28 11:02 AM

    The Forgotten Ones

           We react with horror and sadness
           as innocent people die of terrorist attack
           in the back yard of a “world power”
           but do not feel the much greater horror
           of systematic oppression of smaller nations
           at the hands of the bully – and I ask “why?”

           Economic policies starve entire countries
           and children die from lack of food and water;
           lands are raped of resources, impoverished
           while their leaders are well fed and healthy
           because they do the bully’s bidding;
           the people wander naked, sick, hungry...
           and we who live in the bully’s back yard
           do not feel, and cannot feel, and I ask “why?”

           In third and fourth world countries,
           most don’t live beyond thirty,
           because the fat of the land is taken
           to the land of the free and the home of the brave;
           and I ask about those who die in natural disasters:
           I don’t even bother asking where God’s love is,
           but where is our natural compassion
           and our sense of outrage in all of this?
           Is it all reserved for ourselves and our friends
           and our sacred beliefs about the rightness of our cause?

           Where is the collective compassion
           for these thousands who die daily around the world?
           Who die, we so well know, of preventable causes?
           Where is that five minutes of silence in memory
           of those who ensure we keep our abundance?
           From the dust of the earth their voices, not silent yet,
           cry to us to remember their sacrifice...
           but we want to silence their cries for justice;
           we want them to remain the forgotten ones –
           otherwise, how could we justify our indignation?
           We’ve always had someone to pay for our extravagance
           are we to give up our favored status in God’s eyes?

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2001-10-28 12:00 PM

(big hugggsssssss) I believe that God believes there is no such thing as status in this world, for He loves us all and will heal those who need it the most with His love! (sad sigh) It is hard to explain why the Western World is so successful and the Middle East is struggling, but our hearts cry out to all the innocent civilians there, and under God, we will save them allfrom the terrorism. (sad sigh) This is so emotioanlly powerful, dearest Sharran! (big hugggsssss) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Windwalker, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Startime
Member Ascendant

since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

2 posted 2001-10-28 12:52 PM

Not forgotten, my friend. They are a big part of what the fight for freedom is all about. A powerful poem here with a very powerful message. Well done.

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2001-10-28 01:00 PM

WindWalker.
You are really walking on the wind. For the wrongs of this world is beyond count. But never the less I enjoyed the read.

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

4 posted 2001-10-28 01:15 PM

WindWalker - maybe the horror of Sept. 11th will open our eyes to what is and has been happening all around us for probably forever. One can only hope and pray it does. Well written piece. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2001-10-28 03:50 PM

Something to think about...James

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