I Live in a World

Witnessing the Unseen

I live in a world
where innocent people are bombed
in Gaza, in Sudan
where everyone knows it is a genocide
yet our leaders tell us everything is fine
that we are the good guys
as we send more bombs to fall on their homes

I live in a world
where people line up for the new iPhone
despite its price being measured
by the lives of children in Congo

I live in a world
where parents leave their own behind
risking all, yet hope to find
a way to feed strangers, gentle and kind

I live in a world
where mothers are violated
on the slaughtered bodies
of their beloved children.

I live in a world
where her ears ache
with the screams of daughters
facing the same cruel fate

I live in a world
where she is forced to watch
her baby struggle to remain afloat
as he’s thrown in a well
by cowards who call themselves men

I live in a world
where writers lift their pens
then set them back down
their stories buried
beneath the screams of the innocent

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