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Screams, Screeches, Groans and Wails

Screams, screeches, groans and wails, Brutalities, agonies, torture, and blood, Tear Gases, pallet guns, bullets and bombs Humanity sobs, world is falling apart Does anyone care? Kids are blinded Men are jailed Women are molested The old are tortured Luckily, you have food Billions are starving You have a warm blanket Trillions live under the frigid sky Dreams are murdered Voices are unheard Wishes are being blurred Every heart has become graveyard Sweet melodies step down as Sighs take over the throne Rainbow of Joy is washed off by the deluge of tears Soul of humanity becomes a pray of endless wild Forest of Wars While atrocities have robbed Jaws of their smiles.. Yet you say the world is beautiful?? Yeah, for you, as you are at peace…. Come out of your palace You will see…. Sky painting itself red! Butterflies renouncing their dreams Birds with trimmed wings Blood oceans, barren trees, burnt houses, Teared eyes, and shattered bodies Earth is ugly Earth is savage Earth is a cage Earth is but a jinxed place (10-02-2020) Paghunda Zahid

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Duke Beaufort

Date: 1/17/2024 2:15:00 PM

I often feel the exact same way. What happens in places we don't see should concern us deeply and cause us to intervene in a positive way. This is different from what many people write about and I appreciate reading it.

David Smith

Date: 3/3/2023 3:15:00 AM

As long as there is god poetry that has not been corrupted there is still hope. However it came about NZ is better off for you being here to prick our conscience with poetry well penned. Glad I finally caught up with your work. I was born and bread here and appreciate that fact along with having a 3 decade plus marriage, 3 grown children , 2 girls and 1 boy and 1 grandson all living close by. in Wainuiomata Lower Hutt. Regards David

Francis J Grasso

Date: 12/25/2021 8:39:00 AM

Congratulations, Paghunda. Well done! ...Fran

Ann Peck

Date: 12/23/2021 9:57:00 AM

Wars, uprisings, insurrections should alarm us all to their cruelty, regardless of where they occur. Your poem speaks mightily of war's terrible costs.It's hard to find peace among hate. Congratulations on your win!

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 12/25/2021 6:32:00 AM

Yeah, we usually ignore such things because we have never been through all this. But I believe all people with heart should care about it. These need to stop. All humans deserve happiness, and peace. Cheers!

Beata Agustin

Date: 12/22/2021 6:52:00 PM

Congrats! Thanks for sharing this---and yes, for courageously exposing war's grim reality' in your awesome poetic way. God bless you.

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 12/25/2021 6:29:00 AM

Thank you Beata

Brian Sambourne

Date: 12/22/2021 12:45:00 PM

Quite a thorough + well expressed list of the brutalities of war. Strong metaphors, too. Congratulations on your placement. Best wishes, Brian

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 12/24/2021 1:10:00 PM

Thank you Brian

Christuraj Alex

Date: 12/22/2021 8:47:00 AM

"Every heart has become graveyard" - indeed, very poignantly beautiful verse. The whole poem is beautiful. Congratulations!

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 12/22/2021 11:22:00 AM

Thank you Alex, that's my first premier contest win, and I am over the moon

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/26/2021 11:09:00 AM

This is a stark look at the nature of human beings. A well expressed and sobering first poem. Well done and a belated welcome to the soup.

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 5/4/2021 6:39:00 PM

Haha thank you so much Richard... I appreciate your visit... Blessings

Susan Ashley

Date: 9/12/2020 5:40:00 PM

Mankind's inhumanity to man, woman child knows no bounds, so sad to say, but unfortunately true. Mother Earth is ready to rebel, infuriated by how we've treated Her and the inhabitants of her once lovely life-giving sphere. Such a passionate and moving piece, Paghunda. Your potent pen draws attention with powerful and poignant imagery. A great first piece to post at PS. Welcome to the Soup! Warmest wishes.. ~Susan

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 9/12/2020 10:22:00 PM

I hope we will start treating each other and our mother Earth right... Thank you for your kind words.

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 8/8/2020 6:33:00 PM

I have read both this and your rewrite tonight. So very affecting. Perspective is everything. As a lover of our little blue planet horrified by the nature of our species I appreciate your amendment. I know how lucky I am to live in Canada. You have helped put my own miseries in perspective tonight. Bless you, xomo

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 8/9/2020 3:41:00 AM

Thank you Pigeon, I am glad you read both versions of this poem.

Silent One

Date: 3/1/2020 11:17:00 AM

Powerful truth and you are right this world is ugly....Great poem. You write very well. Welcome to poetry soup.

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 3/2/2020 3:59:00 AM

Means a lot, thank you

Sunita U.D Palawon

Date: 2/15/2020 1:31:00 AM

Powerful write esp in the valentine's Season...earth is pure and same as God gave us ..we human keep fighting to.make territories...greed to get more n be more powerful is a never ending negative emotions. That's why there's religion to teach love for God and to punish greed and revenge. If only we could understand we have a lifetime and we should enjoy life, all this would end. Good luck Sunita UPD

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 2/15/2020 2:09:00 AM

Thank you for your kind words dear Sunita. You are absolutely right. Earth was supposed to be heaven, but we have made it hell for many souls out there.

Quoth Theraven

Date: 2/14/2020 10:56:00 PM

Paghunda, My dear friend it was always so, and always this way. So love like you would be loved. Give warmth, as you would be warmed. Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. -Carl Sagan

Paghunda Zahid
Date: 5/4/2021 6:40:00 PM

Right! But seeing your fellow humans in pain would render you peaceless. I have started ignoring these things though, as it was making me depressed. But still, one can't ignore them fully... At least the sensitive hearts can't..