The World We Inherited
There is so much pain around the world:
A burqa clad young girl returning from college
Riding a scooter attempts to reach home sooner
But a huge truck rams her flimsy ride and she is torn
Into two. She calls home and tells them she is going away!
A sad young father with a babe in arms is boarding a bus
To return home from the free hospital to which he had taken
His baby for treatment. He finds he is unable to pay the fare:
His pocket is picked. Thieves waste no time on compassion.
There are cases of babies seized from despairing moms.
They mourn a world where they say: ”Man eats man!”
Women going to work lauding their gold chains
Are assaulted and their precious ornaments seized
In a moment by well dressed thieves who come
Riding, chain snatching and fleeing on motor bikes!
About this poem
Based on real, tragic events. This poem awakens our conscience and inspires us to remember God's message to man.
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Submitted by M.A.Q.Rizvon on July 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 148 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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