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Sorrow
written by EbonySeraph05:01 PM 2/7/05I was out today
Having some
Coffee
And I picked up the paper
And turned to smile at my friend
Then I leafed through the first
Four
Pages
And replaced the paper on the table
And I bowed my head into my hands
And I spoke
For the first time
In an hour
And I said...
"I started today with this feeling
That the world was completely at peace
And now that I see what I'm reading
I realized what I haden't seen
That so many people were dying
So many people were holding each others hands
In front of their battered T.V. sets
While foriegn countries were making demands...
I diden't notice that people were dying
And now I am feeling so sad
I'm sorry for all of their familes
I'm sorry that things are this bad.
What we have come to is terrifying
My god, it's people's blood on that land
Throwing bombs like they were insults
If you think you can take it back, you can't...
How do those people at home feel?
While their sons are out ... fighting this war
Thinking, 'Christmas is coming..will he return?'
Is this what their life has in store?
And I am thinking now of my family
And my brother, he's only fifteen...
What if this turns to where I live?
And this breath is the last that he breathes...
And why did I pick up that paper?
What was it I wanted to read?
Now I am feeling so selfish
Because I had refused to believe
I want to go home now, I'm leaving
I've said all I know how to say
I'm sorry that I never noticed
And I have read enough for today |
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