Saturday, January 23, 2010

For a While...

Once again
The world
Comes together
In the face
Of devastation
Obliteration
Desperation
Of a people
In ruins…

Without hesitation
Humanity matters
Without hesitation
We stand
Side by side
Without hesitation

For a while…
For a while

If only
For a while
Lasted
If only
Humanity mattered
Beyond
For a while.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

A great piece as always.
I have been thinking like this myself, when I first heard about Haiti I had to donate money. Then I started thinking on why haven't I done this before? There has always been tragedies, people without homes, starving, why haven't I done this before? It was a wake up call...now I just have to figure out how I can help more.

Anyway, great to hear from you again and to read your wonderful poetry :)
Hope everything is good.

Poetry in the Global Box said...

Thank you my friend...we all get complacent...we get comfortable...tragedy breeds the goodness of our souls...if only it will last this time.