We are all from dust to dust. Color and creed should not act as dividing lines of humanity. If the world went crazy, we shouldn't go with it.
Crazy World
BY: ABDI-NOOR HAJI
Writer and Filmmaker
HOVERINGUP IN THE SKIES OF THIS CRAZY WORLD ARE CLOUDS OF RACIAL
AND RELIGIOUS HATRED
OH LORD, LET THEM NOT RAIN
LET THEM DISSIPATE
IN THE WILDERNESS OF SPACE
LET THE WINDS LOVE
AND HARMONY LICK THEM AWAY
TOLERANCE IS GETTING SLIMMER
CONFRONTATION IS ON THE RISE
CONFLICTS CLAIM HIGH TOLL
MUTED ABUSE IS RAMPANT
MANY TIMES A DAY
A WHISPER FLIES OVER
AN ACCUSATION IS FILED
SOME POINT BLOOD-STAINED FINGERS
AT THE BACKS OF DEADLY CRIMINALS
I AM FED UP WITH EXPLOSIONS
I AM FED UP WITH INVASIONS
I AM FED UP WITH THIS CRAZY WORLD
MILLIONS SPENT ON MILITARY BUDGET
WHILE MILLIONS DIE OF HUNGER AND DISEASE. I AM FED UP WITH THIS CRAZY WORLD.
OH LORD, LET THE RAYS OF
PEACE SHINE ON US
LET THE DIVIDING LINES NEVER DIVIDE HUMANITY
LET THE NEW YEAR BRING US HOPE
LET ME SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU IN THE DEN.
powerful, thought provoking, excellent poetry
(((HUGS))) and love,
karla. :(