A political statement about the horrors of children in war in Africa.
The painting is my own.
Little child I see the war in your eyes Those gruesome images you try so hard to forget but cannot Your family murdered and a gun placed in your hands to fight a war you cannot understand
Little child I see innocence lost Your eyes became like empty tombstones Your face, a mask. You've seen death many times Countless bloated bodies covered with flies You pulled the trigger and screamed but each time you died inside
Little child I see the war in your eyes and I weep for the child you were, the child you could have been...
This is excellent. Excellent! And omg, your painting is outstanding! You really should be painting professionally. Wait... I just mean that the quality of your work is SO darn good - you could be making a living painting. Wow! (Sheesh, I wish I could paint like that.) You continue to amaze me, my friend.
Sweet Chanti~! YOu paint BEAUTIFULLY, and with such meaning in your brushstrokes! You personalize so easily for the eyes to see and FEEL!The shadows in your paintings amaze me (including the "Cradle of Love Securely - A Karma Sutra pose )
This poem speaks their souls and yours, in Volumes!
My heart wraps around their confusion, loneliness and pain in my prayers out to them hurtin'!
What a pkg. you presented!
Thank you for sharing you so openly!
Dear Chanti,
Edwin mentioned that you are going in for eye surgery tomorrow and just wanted you to know you will be in my every thought and prayer. I pray you will have a successful surgery and a very speedy recovery.
Please stay calm, as with God waatching and guiding you, you will be just fine and your sight will be restored. Have faith and know there are many praying for you....
A beautiful painting to express the words you share with us. A shame that those children are dragged through this, my heart pours out for them. Thank you for sharing.
This is so sad, that children in war torn countries cannot have the innocence of childhood. Why can't people in the world just get along?
May the Lord Jesus bless you, and all the children of the world, especially those in war torn countries. May the Lord Jesus be with you always, and at your side constantly. With much love in my heart, joy to the world, peace on earth, & ((((((((((MANY WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), your little sister, Barbie
A vivid and emotional write of a stark reality, where innosense is lost to the ravages of poverty, war, death, and carnage. Sadder yet, is the fact that those affected are doomed to repeat their history, for it is all they know. There is no "quick-fix" or any solutions on the near horizon for Africa nor the Middle East.
Your painting is a perfect companion piece, and you Snuggles, are the perfect companion :) I'm a lucky guy !!!
Jesus said once "anyone doing wrong to one of my children should be thrown down a well with a stone tied around his neck"
Today we have not so many wells, we will never have, but abuse to children will go on until HIS patience runs to empty.
Georg
How much talent have you developed. I asked my MP what is being done, regards Africa. England is leading the way, yet whilst that happens peoples of Africa lose theirs...
It may take time due to the complexity of the warlords, yet we in the free world must never give up on Africa...
Such an emotional write, one that allows the reader to visualize life through the eyes of a child who has been stripped and robbed of their youth...a time that was meant for innocence and play war...not the gruesome antics of real life war! A powerful write and stunning portrait! Very talented my friend!
Blessings,
Joyce B.
I've decided to delete the original poem from AD and so am posting up all of the original comments to that poem. The poem has been revised but retains it's original content. The painting is new.
Reviewed by Karla Dorman The StormSpinner 6/30/2004
(((chanti)))
Powerful, heartshattering poem...but many times, the innocent child is taught by hateful parents and society to kill
(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :(
Reviewed by Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU 6/26/2004
"I see the war in your eyes" calls for Justice...
JUSTICE can be delivered when people decide to NAY the acts of inJustice.
Message heard.
Thank You for posting this "I see the war in your eyes."
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Reviewed by Regis (Reg) Auffray 6/26/2004
A poem beautifully written with soul-reaching implications, Chanti. Very well done! Thank you for this offering. My sincere regards and respect to you. Love and peace. Regis
Reviewed by William DeVault 6/25/2004
Well said, well done, well wrought. you make your case with passion and clarity.
Reviewed by Tami Ryan 6/25/2004
Poignant and well written.
Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader) 6/25/2004
He is what he is. I too have seen many people die, in fact it was I that sent many on their way to God. The world is full of hatred, evil and death, which is why, as long as I am able, I will try and celebrate Life.
Reviewed by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie 6/24/2004
Such a deeply poignant poem, this one haunts the mind and just breaks the heart, outstanding.
Reindeer
Reviewed by Larry Rochelle 6/24/2004
Haunting images!
Reviewed by J. Allen Wilson 6/24/2004
This poem and the contents thereof, hold a special place in my heart. For all of the destruction that is wrought in so many different names. this piece has the power to bring change, and I hope that it will be for the greater good...excellent write.
Allen
The painting says volumes...and so do these heartbreaking lines: haunting. This will linger, awhile, after having been seen and read. Well done, Chanti.
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
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Tami
This poem speaks their souls and yours, in Volumes!
My heart wraps around their confusion, loneliness and pain in my prayers out to them hurtin'!
What a pkg. you presented!
Thank you for sharing you so openly!
Much love and Warmer hugs, WArrior Lady Sheeeoox
STay Positive! Happy and STrong!
Edwin mentioned that you are going in for eye surgery tomorrow and just wanted you to know you will be in my every thought and prayer. I pray you will have a successful surgery and a very speedy recovery.
Please stay calm, as with God waatching and guiding you, you will be just fine and your sight will be restored. Have faith and know there are many praying for you....
Be safe always and may "God Bless"
Karen
Newfie Hugs, Rose
Great painting and poem
You must be one of the best all round artists on the den
Well done Gerald J Tate
Damn those who make soldiers out of children.
May the Lord Jesus bless you, and all the children of the world, especially those in war torn countries. May the Lord Jesus be with you always, and at your side constantly. With much love in my heart, joy to the world, peace on earth, & ((((((((((MANY WONDERFUL SISTERLY HUGGGGSSSS)))))))))), your little sister, Barbie
Your painting is a perfect companion piece, and you Snuggles, are the perfect companion :) I'm a lucky guy !!!
Love,
Your Cuddles
Today we have not so many wells, we will never have, but abuse to children will go on until HIS patience runs to empty.
Georg
It may take time due to the complexity of the warlords, yet we in the free world must never give up on Africa...
Blessings,
Joyce B.
Fee
I love your painting, oils is it, it's fab...
Hugs..
Peace,
Dan
it may take a while for the collision to occur but it will.nice write .
stan
Regis
When children shoot the gun
No one won.
DWB
Reviewed by Karla Dorman The StormSpinner 6/30/2004
(((chanti)))
Powerful, heartshattering poem...but many times, the innocent child is taught by hateful parents and society to kill
(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :(
Reviewed by Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU 6/26/2004
"I see the war in your eyes" calls for Justice...
JUSTICE can be delivered when people decide to NAY the acts of inJustice.
Message heard.
Thank You for posting this "I see the war in your eyes."
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Reviewed by Regis (Reg) Auffray 6/26/2004
A poem beautifully written with soul-reaching implications, Chanti. Very well done! Thank you for this offering. My sincere regards and respect to you. Love and peace. Regis
Reviewed by William DeVault 6/25/2004
Well said, well done, well wrought. you make your case with passion and clarity.
Reviewed by Tami Ryan 6/25/2004
Poignant and well written.
Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader) 6/25/2004
He is what he is. I too have seen many people die, in fact it was I that sent many on their way to God. The world is full of hatred, evil and death, which is why, as long as I am able, I will try and celebrate Life.
Reviewed by Retta (Reindeer) Mckenzie 6/24/2004
Such a deeply poignant poem, this one haunts the mind and just breaks the heart, outstanding.
Reindeer
Reviewed by Larry Rochelle 6/24/2004
Haunting images!
Reviewed by J. Allen Wilson 6/24/2004
This poem and the contents thereof, hold a special place in my heart. For all of the destruction that is wrought in so many different names. this piece has the power to bring change, and I hope that it will be for the greater good...excellent write.
Allen
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. *tears*