Why

Why is the world bleeding Why are the children screaming Why are the crows singing Why are we no longer dreaming Why are the nations tempers seething Why are the rich feeding while the poor are starving? Why do we murder those we claim are heathen Why is standing what you believe in treason Why do the maggots keep eating when the corpses are done decomposing? Why do we say we are winning when the reality is that we are losing? Why am I asking these questions? Why do I have to keep on asking? I'll tell you why It's because no one thinks that they're worth answering.

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Ian Jones

Date: 8/1/2015 2:44:00 PM

Brilliant write. That word will be etched on my tombstone. My late wife used to tell me that sometimes there aren't answers as the people responsible are not operating on a conscious level well beyond rational or egalitarian reasoning. Kind regards, Ian

Ian Jones
Date: 8/1/2015 3:18:00 PM

All power to you, if enough of us keep asking why maybe someone will be forced to give answers or at least start to think. Never stop asking why please. Kind regards, Ian

Hendri Schreuder
Date: 8/1/2015 2:57:00 PM

Thanks Ian, I was always asking why in school, can imagine my popularity :) but it sounds as if your wife was a wise woman, though I'm still young and will try and fight the ignorance in the world!