‘They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.’
From the poem ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon
humanity
One Child – for Right2Write Prompt 9 Stop Terrorism
One Child – for Right2Write Prompt 9 Stop Terrorism
Amazing piece, we all should read this
The death of one child
is the death of the world
Sand arising as mother earth
shakes off her despair
and hungers for an artist’s vision there
Reptile brain awakens
flooding the system
with fear and alarm
The eye watching over us
blinking so slowly
means us some harm
The death of one child
is the death of us all
The universe turns
slow and elliptical
creating and recreating itself through pain
Grasping for a victory
or a vengeance creates
blood on blood
Devastation fields
Streets of fallen limbs
Nothing is good
The death of one child
is the death of the world
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
For Right2Write prompt 9 at http://howanxious.wordpress.com
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Make sure the Haitian people get all the benefit
After all the heartbreak, hurt, depravation and terror that the Haitian people have endured these last days, I hope that all the money donated in their name finds its way to them soon and that none of it gets swallowed up in expenses, fees and the like, as has happened so many times to donations made in the past.
The whole world has been moved by their plight and donated willingly to help them; they have nothing, they need everything we can give them, let’s make sure they get it.
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