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Encarta
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since 2002-02-14
Posts 101
My homeland is not of the world

0 posted 2002-10-04 06:21 PM


The Cries
By Matt

A baby is born
That constantly cries
For it sees
Where it lives
And where it'll die

It lives in a place
That worships money
Where the rich feast
And the poor go hungry

It lives in a place
Where the guns scream
Where the bullets turn red
In the bloody stream
ANd lives fall
To the power of them all

It lives in a place
Where people die
And the world
No longer cries

It lives in a place
On the blink of destruction
By the fools that dominant it's divided cells
While concentrating on seduction

So next time you hear a baby's cry
Try to imagine what it may need
In a world that's falling to its knees
Executed by our human greed

"They do not love that do not show their love.”-Shakespeare

© Copyright 2002 James M. Hohne - All Rights Reserved
Miah
Senior Member
since 2002-08-26
Posts 1062
Pennsylvania
1 posted 2002-10-04 06:29 PM


It also lives in a world that has love as well.  thanks for the read.  good write.
ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353
Michigan, USA
2 posted 2002-10-04 07:45 PM


Understood so well the thoughts here...the truth is that born within each of us is the instinct to survive.  The world is a hard place for one so innocent...the little things will mean more if we concentrate together to improve our lives. Good write.
ThisDiamond

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