Shades of inhumanity
14 March 2016
Locked glances
Diving into you
From your eyes
Through your soul
We speak the language of love
And Humanity
Our ribs hurt
Over throbbing hearts
They stretch out
Burnt desires
Smouldering coals in fires
Of the brightest red
We gather
Memories of lost stars
Lights’ remnants
Pearl pendants
A meek girl turned masterpiece
Of pain and sorrow
Love is spent
In pennies for lives
Burgeoning
Bloom cut short
As pieces of tinsel roll
Between grubby hands
Somewhere dark
A candle was snuffed
Five small puffs
Blew it out
Each breath a string of our sins
Perplexing choices
I cradled
A deep sense of loss
Stark futures
Scribbled grey
Shades of inhumanity
As lilies withered
Reading of the poem:
Every 8 Minutes, a child goes missing in India
Amen hayr sourp (Canticle of the Trinity) – Lévon Minassian & Armand Amar
Tchinares (You are Slender) – Lévon Minassian & Armand Amar
A heart breaking read.
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Thanks Andrew, yes; you would definitely empathise
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My heart goes for these kids. I try to do my little bit to help them whenever I can…
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Every small bit counts. Thank you Maniparna
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So well expressed, but such horrific material.
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Thank you Derrick. Sadly yes, it is horrific material. I always have a very hard time trying to understand what spurs human beings to behave in such ways.
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This is so sad, Geetha 😦
Looks like Humanity left us for other worlds
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Yesterday I attended an event where a lady called Robin Chaurasia was nominated for an award for her work with the children of sex workers. The friend whom I had attended the event with then spoke to me about the harsh reality of the ground. I knew a lot of it but the full blown horror of the facts is just overwhelming. I could not imagine having actually seen all of that like she did and still be able to feel so hopeful
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So sad and so few people do something to help these kids. You’re right, Geetha, is just overwhelming 😦
That lady is an angel
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She is and so is the friend with whom I attended. She founded an organisation called ipartner and her NGO funds initiatives like that of Robin. ipartner is a recognised charity so in case you want to make donations, please feel free to do so
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Our capacity for cruelty breaks my heart, and our capacity for compassion heals my soul. Humanity can be a contrast of extremes. Sad indeed.
On a brighter note it’s nice to see you Geetha….I’ve been a bit under the weather and recharging my batteries….Hope you are well my friend 🙂
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Sorry you were under the weather Mark and hopeful you are getting better by the day. I am well thank you my friend. Very true what you say. I wish we could achieve balance, once and for all.
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Ugh.. this hits home for me. It is my passion to donate money and help in anyway I can, with unfortunate children. Well done my friend for raising awareness!
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Thanks for all you do. It is sad to see this state of affairs continues in today’s world despite the awareness. Hopefully things will keep changing for the better with people like you actually putting their hands in their pockets and donating
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There are a lot of us! There is always hope!! 🙂
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Yes, thank goodness for that 🙂
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So sad. 😦
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Yes, sad that over 1.2 M children are sold into trafficking in India
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That’s almost inconceivable to me. So indescribably terrible.
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Yes, it is an awful feeling. To think that this is a yearly figure and to think that this is going on for years now makes it difficult to swallow
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