The pain of Iraqi by middleast
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TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
Poem by Sameem Mohamed
Art by Samuel Person
This is the story that must be told
of an Iraqi baby, not very old.
Lying in her crib one star lit night
How could she know of those planes in flight?
She lay there quietly touching her nose,
Watching her mobile, wiggling her toes,
Oohing and cooing, so sweetly is she,
Talking to someone, who could it be?
An angel is standing with her in the room.
The baby is smiling, unaware of her doom.
The crib starts to shake and the mobile goes round.
And suddenly comes a most deafening sound.
The ceiling drops in, in a second or two ...
On top of her crib so she ceases to coo ...
No one knows how long she lie there Who thought about it? doesn't anyone care?
Is she alive? is she dead? Is she in any pain?
Now that you mention it, who knows her name?
Her name is Amal. In English we say Hope.
Crushed between the rubble,her tiny fingers start to grope.
Where is my mommy? I love her so dear
Come, get me mommy! It's dark in here!
I'm scared and I'm hungry and I can't see my feet.
There's blood in my mouth! Give me something to eat!
Where is my daddy? Where's my big brother?
It hurts when I breath! Where is my mother?!
How long have I been here? Is this just a dream?
I open my mouth, but can't even scream.
That angel appears once again to my side,
This time with a tear I plead Why have I died?
Am I alone in my sufferings? No, there are many others.
In our grief and our misery, we are sisters and brothers.
Who are we? I ask you ... for what crime did we die?
They're throwing a party! Doesn't anyone cry?!
Is it True? Am I nothing?! How could it be?
Don't they also have babies, just like me?
It is war they say, of which death is part.
How blind they've become, How hardened of heart.
Did someone say hero? To whom do they speak?
A victory claimed for killing the weak?!
Why are they happy? Why are they proud?
Don't they know that I'm cold in my burial shroud?!
No war has been won; No ifs, buts, or maybes,They've Only Killed Babies!!!!
Signed Me,
An Iraqi Baby
Well I just wanted to express my view on the war and along the way i found this poem on the internet I read this poem and felt that it sould be read by all. Come this Monday I think that I might hold my head down. I don't think I can feel to proud to call myself an American :(
Art was done in Adobe Illustrator 9.0
Poem from http://www.jannah.org/articles/poems.html
Take care and lets pray that this war does not happen. :)
Comments (10)
RayTraz
i pray for the same thing...
hmatienzo
Makes me cry...
punmaster
last night at the vigil they had around the world, I prayed for the first time in my life, I prayed that the greedy Americans leaders that inhabit the white house stop the war of hypocrisy, war is murder. The only cost of war is life, and life is priceless.
gallimel
People shall respect one another, and give space and resources for a fair balance and living everywhere, and instead all seems bound to hate and supremacy of force, regardeless of anything which is not also prizing the pocket. This is too bad. Indeed.Beautiful piece. and mighty words.
DurFea
Not proud to be an American? Let me say it again just so I fully understand...NOT proud to be an American?? Let me see...how best to say this? When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a descent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self evident - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their creator certain unalienable rights such as Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their JUST powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. I don't know about anyone else around here...but I'm DAMN Proud that someone thought that it was so important to stand up and be heard and to make themselves heard by all...that Independence was Declared...Independence was Earned...and Independence has been sheltered...by my Forefathers and by the leaders of this country -- born of war and protected by blood in times even before my father and his father before him were even born. I am an American....and I am Proud, or even greater yet, thankful to All Mighty God, that I am an American...where I can hear the opinions of my peers expressed, in public, without fear of prosecution or persecution of, or by, a dictatorship or tyrant-controlled government where my rights and those of my peers may be null and void should I dare speak out against the establishment. ....And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Devine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. Too bad indeed...to hate that which you could not live without.
lunarmonkey3
Well said Durfea - finally someone prepared to stand up for the opposition. While I am no big fan of Bush/Blair and their dubious motives, Sadaam has two decades of torture, murder and god knows what else behind him. War may not be the fashionable option and of course the human cost is always tragic, but in Iraq this price is already being paid at the hands of their own leaders. If only America had the balls to stand up to the eugenic superpower China, or the conviction to intervene in less economically viable countries like Rwanda. 12 million Brits signed a petition in 1938 opposing war with Hitler. I didn't hear the French complaining when the government ignored them back then...
charlesp
Well said lunarmonkey3 and you too Durfea. For those that don't understand what Freedom costs,turn off your water and electricity for a few days. See if you miss it. You would miss Freedom more.
Doublecrash
A wonderful message, many thanx for posting it. You have all my support. I'm Italian, and seeing my govt attitude, I'm not proud to be Italian at all. Thanx again.
tasquah
Thank you middleast for sharing this wonderful illistration and poem. Some of us took the time to truely read it others just whiped out there propoganda soap box that seems to have no room for the death of small or innocent children.
lilgirl_leigh_1110
I wouldn't be proud to be Italian either doublecrash