On behalf of my Sudanese sisters

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Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

0 posted 2004-08-05 12:15 PM

"I cry out
from hunger and thirst,

death cannot be the worst
for the child that is me, with child.

Aide visitors cannot reach
beyond each who would touch
the heart of Sudan."

Cry the night, my poor sister,
for there can be no help
until we can reach
beyond the bodies of politics.

It is your lot in life, some might say,
that you are poor
you are black
you have no oil to give
and so

you have no voice,

and those who can make change,
do not.

I cry out with you tonight,
my Sudanese sister,

but want you to know
many are working to change this scene.

Dear Kofi:
The Sudan...this IS life and death, not a movie.
I know that Israel and Iraq are important battlegrounds. But the death of a single innocent Sudanese child? Do we win one battle, only to lose the war?

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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1 posted 2004-08-05 12:22 PM

Kacy, thank the stars that there are voices with the courage to write things like this! Very, very moving. *hugs* jo

Midnitesun

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Gaia

2 posted 2004-08-05 12:26 PM

Thanks, Jo. The original title was to have been 'Wailing at the Wadi', but that title somehow seemed to make light of the harsh realities of the Sudanese people. Some aide is getting there, but as is often the case, it is not getting to the people because of age-old political corruption and fighting.

BirdeeB
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since 2000-09-16

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3 posted 2004-08-05 12:28 PM

i appreciate the thoughtfulness of this poem.
and its right on. who are the real loser..the kids right.
keep on writing..

passing shadows
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displaced

4 posted 2004-08-05 12:45 PM

makes me think

Duncan
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5 posted 2004-08-05 07:57 PM

"Cry the night, my poor sister,
for there can be no help
until we can reach
beyond the bodies of politics.

It is your lot in life, some might say,
that you are poor
you are black
you have no oil to give
and so

you have no voice,

and those who can make change,
do not."

Kacy...Your voice speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves. Perhaps someday, the right ears will hear...

Martie

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6 posted 2004-08-05 08:15 PM

Thank you for writing this, Kacy!

froggy
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since 2003-06-23

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7 posted 2004-08-05 08:36 PM

Beautiful midnitesun.

:-)

Local Rebel
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8 posted 2004-08-05 09:51 PM

You've takent the pathos of the affront and transformed it to an empassioned confront -- Powell is itching to do something, but ...

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

9 posted 2004-08-06 02:49 AM

Thanks, to each of you who took a moment to reply to this, and hopefully, we can all work together to end these international disasters.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (08-06-2004 04:00 AM).]

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