Gerald Kithinji Poet Free verse

The Downtrodden Speak

I am baffled, stunned, dumbfounded 
Completely nonplussed by the persistence 
Of the international criminal court
In harassing the popularly elected Kenyan
President and his popularly elected deputy  
As rogue entities terrorize Eastern Europe
The Arab World and my beloved Africa
All around us people are being beheaded
Or otherwise massacred on a whim
Innocent people who would, if free, 
Choose to live and let live in peace
Rather than engage in perpetual
Callous, wanton and unprovoked 
Slaughter of those they despise.

Aljazeera, BBC and CNN daily broadcast
The atrocities committed by the Islamic state
The beheadings are posted on the internet
And broadcast on radio, tv and newspapers
And while the moguls make their millions
In the dissemination of the villainy 
The United Nations looks on puzzled
Or perplexed, mystified or even dazed
By the enormity or complexity of it all
Leaving me to wonder whether 
This world body is not being manipulated
For the ends of a few powerful members
Who believe their fortunes would flourish 
With the weakening of these regions! 

If you can hear me, Ban Ki Moon
Hearken, the downtrodden moan!

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Rev. Gerald Dillenbeck May 18, 2016 at 1:58 PM Is anyone doing anything right (positive deviance) that, if we could nurture and feed more thereof, would help stem the open loss of well-fed peace with justice?

Rev. Gerald Dillenbeck May 18, 2016 at 1:56 PM The other side of this truth you fear, corporate nation-state cooperative entities will try to leave health and justice issues outside their boundaries of authority alone until those boundaries begin to threaten a competing threat in their self-interest identified direction. The trick, then, to show early indicators of healthier success thru proactive nutritional communication.

Richard Lamoureux March 9, 2015 at 1:31 PM I am not familiar with the politics in this part of the world but found your observations to be interesting.

Pandita Sietesantos November 30, 2014 at 12:07 PM Thank you for so eloquently bringing this tragedy to global attention! Shame on those who are perpetrating these atrocities and shame on those who are allowing them to happen! Amandla! Pandita