In a dark, dark world do we live
In a place where remorse grows like a tree, and happiness ends by the sunset of the day
In a place where a man has no shelter because he has no money
He lives in the streets
Eating the rubbish out of a can
Saving what has not been touched for another day
Doesn't anyone how the world has become?
Don't they understand?
We live in a world where wars bring in money
A free healthcare lives no more
Where life is no longer about living in harmony
Where one brother kills his brother so that they may not live in hunger
Where a sister is raped for sheer pleasure
And now worlds collide
There is no reason to hold on to hope anymore
A child bleeds - no one cares
A man is stabbed to death - no one takes a second look
A woman is taken into a dark alley where dark deeds are deviled by a corrupted soul
There is no sense of conciousness anymore
Doesn't anyone care?
Doesn't anybody understand?
A musical box jingles away a lullaby melody
A toddler crawls along a floor that is oh so dirty
One second there
Another - gone
Bombarded by an enemy's missle upon the house
What reason was there to kill this innocent soul?
Degrees of burning flesh
Bones rot away in the corner of a room that's been torn apart
Homeless people pass by
Pay no attention to the damage caused by the missile
Walk away
That's how the world deals with issues, these days
When will anyone care?
When will anyone ever understand?
Thursday, April 20, 2006
mad world
Posted by Sleepless In Muscat at 21:27
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5 comments:
The poem is so true.I mean there is alll this happening around us.We all realize it but there are two types of ppl one who want to do something but can't the second who can but dont.Well its sad whats happening around us.
But there is something i like to say about ur first stanza
If there is sunset there is sunrise too.So if there is saddness then there is happiness too.Dont give up hopes.
Where is the happy Ali mehdi?:)
Sara:
sometimes someone takes the half full glass to drought it out of it's source of pure water...leaving it full empty..
the happy Ali Mehdi takes a backseat for today, unfortunately..
my heart cringes when I read this... but it speaks the truth.
Arabized:
:o)
Ali:
Your words make me weep.
It is a desperately sad world and almost cruel to read your thoughts of reality that we face on an all too regular basis. If only the people in power could see instead of being blinded by their own greed.
Please keep safe and thank you for making everyone stop and think, if only for a short time in this merry-go-round of destruction that has been created by man.
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