"Invisible Teardrops"

poem by: Joe Cooper
Written on Mar 20, 2014

"You who sit on oaken seats, high back chairs
and silken pleats; how dare your pride, all
that anger, hold back the tyranny you did
breach?  Fallen soldiers, women, mutilated
children; invisible teardrops. Can anyone
hear them when they call?  Bloodshed and 
misery, amid misplaced danger; can the blind
see with so much anger?  Might makes right
and the princes rule; how will they fair
when summoned to school?  Let justice rain 
invisible teardrops on the feet of the men
who made them weep." 

 

Tags: sad, love, anger, depressing, pain,

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selam mussie commented:
Beautifully written

 

 

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