Kosovo

025 - Kosovo
by Saleh Badrah

Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?
~ William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Sitting here in careless comfort,
Far away from their affliction,
Reading news and viewing pictures,
Rambling through the Internet,
While they're there sustaining horror,
Slaughter, torture, rape and terror,
Children, men and women gathered,
Looking haggard, lost and shattered,
With no food to hush their hunger,
Walking miles in search of shelter,
Freezing in the freezing winter,
At the turn of the millennium,
Let us pause a while and ponder:
Is not man a cruel creature?

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Published in the Saudi Gazette, Wednesday, 07 April 1999
Copyright © Saleh Badrah