Death has a song
and it is heard as a dirge of life
where every step is guarded
and every breath is noticed;
in innocent children
with no fault in life, growing up
in orphan's camps they will never outgrow;
to dear friends caught in the paces of ordinary
life by risk and ruin.
For love has no limitation and faith finds answers
and we have not loved enough,
we have not invested enough in our faith.
Bombs and war prove nothing
disease can take the winners share
and the whole world can become sick
if we let disease grow;
we have been too easy to let go
of sick people, finding fault instead of anger
that the song of death
plays longer and louder in so many ears
than happiness and laughter.
We are here to make life more abundant
repay the gifts of nature and love;
bold efforts gladly done
seem to pale to the need
and there is so much more
we might do.
In a list
A contest entry
- World AIDS Day - A Name, A Face - one day contest by CarolDesjarlais.
525 points, ended December 2, 2007, 6 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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So true PK...congrats on your win...beautiful and sincere this is...
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What a poem...there is so much mroe we can do... awesome write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This has me so emotional. I had a best friend who was taken from this dreadful disease, so this means so much to read such a compassionate and powerful poem...
Thank you for your golden voice, my friend...
Lynda
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"Bombs and war prove nothing
disease can take the winners share
and the whole world can become sick
if we let disease grow;
we have been too easy to let go
of sick people, finding fault instead of anger"
Thoughtful write. So many world problems can make change seem impossible. But change can occur if enough people and nations work toward the same goal. It is up to each of us to do what we can, as much as we can ... but to do 'something'. Sitting on our hands and clucking our tongues will never change anything. We are all connected. What happens to one ... can happen to another. ....JB♥
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