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Losing a loved one is hard enough, but losing someone in an accident or with such suddenness that we have no time even to say goodbye has to be about as hard as it gets…
This poem was written some time ago, but in the light of the recent air tragedy in Ukraine our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims on board flight MH17, apparently shot down by a surface-to-air missile while crossing a war zone. Our hearts go out, too, to those killed during the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I am left wondering just what kind of sick world we are living in, and is there really the socio-cultural-religious-political will among its leaders to nurse it back to health? I guess we can but play our part in our own little corner, and trust the ripples spread...
Different people from different cultures, religions and social backgrounds will always have their differences; we should always remember that our differences do not make us different, only human and, as such, part of a common humanity.
When, oh, when, will humankind discover that peace lies in accepting that our differences do not make us so different, only human?
TESTING TIMES or A WORLD OF DIFFERENCES
You left this world
without a word, no time
to say goodbye
You left my world
cold and dark, its comforts
bitter-sweet
You left this world
before your time, its tears
making headlines
You left my world
your body, mind and spirit
to keep it sane
You left this world
its anger and grief, playing
blame games
You left my world
on the wings of a heartbeat
forever ours
We gave this world
the benefit of our worst doubts
in return for…this?
Testing
times, indeed
for lovers
in a world subject
to the
vagaries of time
Copyright R. N. Taber 2014
Labels: conflict, crisis, death, flight, human, Israelis, life, loss, love, mind-body-spirit, nature, Palestinians, past-present-future, personal space, poetry, politics, posthumous consciousness, relationships, Ukraine
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