A poetic reading on the attack on Paris

PARIS IN OUR HEART


Now is the day when we must stand ever
Vigilant against the evil of this world
Which cares not for the peace of our endeavor
And sees not our bloody flag unfurled

Harken all to measure the injury and pain
Which flow across the course of history
Marking our bodies with blood and stain
And tinging our lives with misery

Mindful are we the blood from out our breast
And loss of loving partners in life
As we struggle in sweat and heartfelt wrest
To assuage the pain of a brutal knife

Know now ye rogues of absent feeling
That the victims of your ruthless bloodletting
Will rise to smote you dead in their healing
Amid revenge and honeyed soul-vetting

On guard shall you be with worry and concern
For in truth there’s no escape from our quest
As we dispense our rightful wrath in return
And fight for justice without rest

Our souls are saddened by tears we part
With the terrible pain of Paris in our heart

Richard Lee Orey
November 13, 2015

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