Because It Is The Middle East Poem by Fasika Ayalew

Because It Is The Middle East

Rating: 5.0


They are simply words
World peace human right
They are mere utterance
Now who spoke for them?
For the little kids cries
Who stood for their remorse?
Where are the activists
Where are the great leaders?
Still having a peace conference?
What are they discussing?
Dressed elegantly in their black suit
Do they stand for the kids under the black soot?
Ah! Human right...
Regardless of who they are…they are children
Never agreed to see this blaze of fire
Never agreed to be who they are today
When horror was all over the faces of those kids
Who cared to wipe away their endless tears?
But taken, gone by their ceaseless cries
“Children first” was simply an utterance.
You know why because it is the Middle East
Where life falls like autumn leaves.
A place where by design and default
People lives are regarded as short
And nobody cares
Because it is the Middle East

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kee Thampi 03 October 2006

Dressed elegantly in their black suit Do they stand for the kids under the black soot? Ah! Human right... Regardless of who they are…they are children Never agreed to see this blaze of fire Never agreed to be who they are today this poems is our hope and a copying with a new upbraid...

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Alfredo Jacques 08 June 2007

what I could say would be a mere utterance to the actual beauty of the poem. thanks for sharing.

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James B. Earley 12 August 2008

A classic writ of Man's inhumanity to Man!

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Catastrophe King 09 August 2006

This is a beautiful poetic analysis of the prevailing situation in today's Middle East.... This is praiseworthy - the EFFORT..... one has to start working and stop talking! Good work, well written! 10 of course!

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Kuku Demi 09 August 2006

You are really great.

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Saadat Tahir 01 July 2011

“Children first” was simply an utterance. You know why because it is the Middle East Where life falls like autumn leaves. A place where by design and default People lives are regarded as short beautiful lines...heart felt and deeply touching.... sat

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Akram Awadat 07 December 2009

well, it is beautiful poem fantastic lines 10

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Dr. Kolitha Lelwala 31 December 2008

Oh this is really impressive.......... Very good questions to be asked from polititians, or from the pioneers of 'DEMOCRACY' / 'HUMAN RIGHTS. Robbers who theft African, Asian and American Continents 2-6 centuries ago, now have become Pioneers of world Democracy. Dump their excess crops into the ocean... despite of millions stay in starvation. This reality is understood by only a few.

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Ashraful Musaddeq 12 September 2008

'And nobody cares Because it is the Middle East' a very beautiful poem,10 for it.

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A real cry of desperation.There is no waiting for some else to bring justice, equality and freedom if a person has the courage to bring it about starting within their own mind.Ever hear the reggae tune Promised Land? You can find it on youtube.com.Very thought provoking poem.

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