Drowning in the darkness of my soul,
tainted in blood of my own,
there I go drifting away,
into the shadows of my past again.
Tragedies of life I have seen,
humanity swipes itself clean,
poverty spreads across the streams,
again a boy gets shot with a laser beam.
I hear the cries of people in pain,
what will hatred and destruction make us gain,
leaders fight for power in vain,
all that blood shed gets swept away in rain.
I saw that little boy’s eyes gleam,
the ray of hope once again steamed,
when he heard a joy of scream,
here they come The Red Cross rescue team.
They will fight through storms to get to you,
they will stand by you when you are blue,
in a world so cruel they are true,
God bless The Red Cross rescue crew.
BY: Saima Aslam
A contest entry
- March New Member's Contest by AP Greeters.
600 points, ended April 6, 2007, 51 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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A great tribute to an organization that truly goes above and beyond to help those in need during very scary and desperate times. Thanks for entering and best of luck in the contest.
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A wonderful dedication to the Red Cross and a great contribution to our contest. Thanks for entering and welcome to the site
--Tim -
Thank you for entering.
An excellent piece of work.. the last line of your fourth stanza says it all, they truly do rescue people in more ways than one, usually the kindness they show to those they help is the one that will help them to move forward and cope with the adversities of life.
Well done and thank you for entering
~Katie~
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This one has its good points and its bad points to me. Reread if, and see if you can or want to tweak it a bit. Best wishes in the contest. :fSam
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Bravo!
I totally agree with you I love the warmth I felt about the Red Cross when I read this.Indeed they are a very fine team in a world that shouldn't need them but sadly peace appears to elude us.
Good luck in our contest and welcome to the site
Gaylene
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excellent
save for the "laser beam" comment, I think you did quite well for yourself on this. -
Thanks for you entry
This is I am sure how many who have been rescued by the Red Cross depict them. You have certainly paid tribute and honored those who deny their own safety to bring others to safety. Thanks for sharing.
Good luck in the contest and welcome to allpoetry. I encourage you to keep writing to read and comment.
God bless
Tammy -
Thanks for entering
This poem has a good flow and rhythm and holds to the topic throughout. A nice piece to remind us of the purpose of the Red Cross.
Let the ink flow and your fingers dance
Rosemary -
aw good luck in the contest!!! I hope it will place! it's a great! I really really like the message here! it's very postive!!
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SPECTACULAR!!
WOW and double WOW!! This is a SPECTACULAR
piece of writting!! so very real and so very
profound you are so very talented your words
flow smooth as silk!! my favorite lines are: into
the shadows of my past again. POWERFULLY
REAL. Tragedies of life I have seen! MASTERFUL!
Thank You for such a POWERFUL piece of writting!!
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Thanks for the entry and welcome to the site!
They come in every shape and size, I am also glad that they are there. It does give me a sense of security knowing if I am ever in a disaster they will be there. This poem made me think of all the work they do, nice job. Thank you very much for taking the time to write for and enter our contest. Best wishes and welcome to AllpoetryDove
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