Silent Screams
Oh the wonders and welcome joys of spring
Nature awakes from dormant slumber
As flora buds in profusion
The perky robin trills and sings.
I sit by an open window writing
Hoping to find my muse
Warm sunshine and fresh air caress my skin
A feeling of sheer joy peace and contentment
Fills my soul and mind within.
A newspaper near by
Suddenly catches my eye
Headline leaps from the page
Reality strikes like a thunderbolt
''Hundreds of innocents dead in war''
Filling me with deep sadness and rage.
It seems almost surreal
And a million miles away
But as I languish in the sublime
There's a world out here in disarray
And I can't do nothing about it.
I can't hear
Just imagine
A mothers screams and cries
As she holds her baby as it dyes
Or see the countless starving
The people living on the street
The animals cruelly killed for meat.
It's all a nightmare
I'm so lucky. i live the dream
Atrocities are happening everywhere
Even though they are not head or seen
NOW !.
And i care.
Sure you do too.
Peter Dome. Copyright.2016.
Copyright © Peter Dome | Year Posted 2016
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