by Mary | |
Published on: Mar 27, 2010 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=28574 | |
Picture, "War and Peace", by Jaffna Central College Students, Sri Lanka. I was having the best The very best I thought I deserved I was suddenly proved wrong When my life shattered All around me was chaos And confusion and commotion Happiness disappeared from my life Joy became a thing of the past When I painfully watched my sister And my father and my mother And my brother, all being slayed In a most dehumanizing way I was forcefully disentangled From everything that gave me joy Milk disappeared From the breakfast table Then painfully I watched potatoes And eggs and tea All vanish into thin air My once united family All scattered about Like scraps of paper Like chicks running around Away from the haunting wild hawk I desire to smile again I long to see joy in my life I crave for a total makeover If someone will listen All said and done Right from inside the deep Still, a still small voice cries out Let there be peace « return. |