DjehanePoetry

Peace on Earth Stop! Don’t aim! Don’t shoot! Listen… It could be me: your teacher or classmate… It could be me: your neighbor, your friend… It could be one of my sisters, anonymous and veiled, Struggling with her burden and her fate, Dragging her lonely life along. It could also be my brother, Carrying the responsibilities of a lifetime… Having several mouths to feed… Will their deaths satisfy you? Make you safer and more secure? Will the destruction of my country Make the world a better place? Is it worth bearing the guilt of murdering, Maiming, burning, and destroying? Will the innocent blood of children, flowing Like rivers, make the world safer? Will gun smoke create anything but Hell? Will the deafening explosion of grenades Ever be erased from your memory? Will the children, growing up orphans, Ever stop cursing your name and Blasting your presence on their land? Will their widows ever cease blaming you For their ordeal and predicament? Forget about Power and Greed! Forget about