Thursday, September 25, 2014

Invisible Children – v3

Our world becoming aware
coming alive, a viral nation
one people, without borders
a wellspring, a wave, tsunami
a truth urgent, undeniable
but some much else silent
invisible, not rising to the light

to stop the killing, genocide
ethnic cleansing, religious persecution
greed guiding too many steps
alive, on the news, 24 X 7,
by awakening from slumber, complacent
the world will be watching, real-time
to end the horror, the violence

not national interest, freedom
but the waking of the world
across the flickering screens
pulsing on the laptops, the smartphones
to change the whole earth, afire
to end the violence, ignored

to save these children, Uganda
because it is right, moral
no more bloodshed, war
hope in our sights, justice
but what of so many others
hidden in the shadows
not awakening the consciousness
the imagination of the world


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Edited September 25, 2014
Invisible Children – v3

March 12, 2012
Invisible Children – v2
KONY 2012
Invisible Children
edit of poem, “Invisible Children”


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