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Watch me
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We see it happen, right in front of our eyes. And just zap away.


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Watch me lay flat on my back

Too weak to move, unable to blink

Watch my wide open eyes stare

At copper colored skies

Where not a cloud passes by

Watch flies walk in and out

My half opened mouth

Roaming my lips and tongue

Ruptured from lack of moisture

Watch my scraggy limbs lay

In strange poses

Beside my skeletal shell

Not trembling, not praying

Watch my bloated belly

Exploding from oedema

Watch my sores and wounds

That neither bleed nor heal

Fight for a space of rippled skin

Watch the vultures eagerly circling

Ever closer above what's left of me

Watch my mother's heart break

From watching me

Powerless to save me

Don't go away, don’t zap away

And return after the break

To watch me die


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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 Reviews of "Watch me"
Reviewed by Liana Margiva
Reviewed on October 29, 2007
I can cry after this poem. It is very nice that YOU wrote it...... Liana Margiva

Reviewed on December 31, 2006
I pray a miracle finds comfort for them ALL one day SOON!
This teared me out tonight1
YOU wrote this write superbaly, with thought in every word
I could imagine your heart in pain!
As mine always is when I see what Should NOT be!
WArmest Blessings and HuGs,Sheee
Thank you for being in my corner 0f the den and letting me know~
Have a BETTER NEW Year -2007-

Reviewed by C. McGovern-Bowen
Reviewed on July 22, 2006
truth's agony staring out at us. be ashamed one and all...
if only the WILL for solutions was as large as the mindless GREED out there preventing their realization.
make me world dictator and i'll gladly re-direct humanity's path.
a superb delivery, rage.
peace,
carolyn

Reviewed by Aberjhani
Reviewed on July 8, 2006
The wealth of compassion, simplicity of courage, and boldness of love in WATCH ME is so intense that it virtually reduces commentary to irrelevance. You expose in these lines the great shameful horror of hypocrisy on which we denizens of modern societies stuff our bloated egoes every day. The only truly worthwhile response to a work such as this is moral action. Even so, one is obligated to say thank you for making your readers not just watch--but actually see.

Aberjhani

Reviewed by Suzie Palmer
Reviewed on July 2, 2006
Dearest Rage,
Thank you dearly for this vital, tragic write!
How have we become so complacent?
You heart beats worthy beats when care is taken in action: like this poem!
May we do more NOW! Thank you for raising deepened awareness!
Love & Appreciation Suzie

Reviewed by Peter Paton
Reviewed on July 2, 2006
Rage
When we watch someone die...we often wish they were never born..
So Mote It Be
Peter

Reviewed by Judy Meeker
Reviewed on July 2, 2006
Your expressions are that of a watcher.
Judy Meeker

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on June 30, 2006
Most outstandin message poem Rage!!

Way too much pain out there!!

love Tinka

Reviewed on June 30, 2006
so sad; thanks for opening our eyes today, rage! very well done!

Reviewed by Edwin Larson
Reviewed on June 29, 2006
Why watch...do something...plenty of help is needed.

Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK
Reviewed on June 29, 2006
Typical Of Humanity' Plight -Great Eye Opener Write!

TRASK

Reviewed by April Smith (Reader)
Reviewed on June 29, 2006
This is so bleak and so REAL. Thanks for sharing, April

Reviewed by Susan de Vegter
Reviewed on June 29, 2006
Too many
Too sad
Still it happens on a minure basis while we fat cats turn away.
Tine to do ...to act...to save.

Ny God...this is sad.
Susan

Reviewed on June 29, 2006
Shame...powerful write, Rage.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed on June 29, 2006
WOW THIS IS JUST TOO SAD.

Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on June 29, 2006
Good Lord! This is heart wrenching!

Richard


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