Yangchen Tso Poet ABC

Tibetans Inside Tibet

Tibetans,
Burning, 
The flames everywhere.
One, two, three.......
Already self-immolated,23.
How many sparks will be?
Hundreds or thousands,
Maybe even more....

Gunfire,
Tibetans shot down, 
One after another.
Now
Twelve Tibetans lie down in the blood,
Their bodies wrenched away
Never back.

Caught
To the jail.
An eagle snatching a sparrow.
Never to be seen again 
Or seen crippled
Handicapped, an invalid.

Tibetans
In invisible manacles,
Surrounded by a metre wall.
Even for one step, bound.
Tibetans,
Unseen and unheard by
The world.

The pain
Only Tibetans can feel.
The words 
Only Tibetans can hear.
The blood
Only Tibetans can see.
Because
It happens underground,
Where the world
Does not look.

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Carol Sunshine Brown February 14, 2012 at 5:09 AM A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Yangchen. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love, Carol