ash

Posted on April 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

whathavewedone
toourselvestoourearthtoour
humanity?

The Scream (1893), Edvard Munch (Courtesy publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com)

 

we killed
love we killed
hope

dark is heavy
empty-toned

does  light wait
beyond the blade
of time or

have we finally crushed
our source

into this dead earth?

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4 responses to “ash”

  1. Pingback: Threat of hate, hope of Love: Thoughts on the post-election crisis April 2011 (Also looking for stories of Christians and Muslims protecting each other) | A Tunanina…

  2. Uba Aliyu | July 20, 2011 at 3:38 pm | Reply

    Allah Jikan Hauwa Ali Dodo

    Like

  3. paige | October 21, 2011 at 5:56 pm | Reply

    i like your poem.

    Like

  4. carmenmccain | October 21, 2011 at 6:33 pm | Reply

    @Paige, Thank you.

    Like

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