Great poem, Rene!


>From: Rene  Badjan <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: In a river of silence
>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:06:41 EDT
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>      In the wake of the horrendous terrorist attacks, that claimed the
>lives
>of many innocent people in the US, I dedicate this poem to the memory of a
>day of inferno.
>
>
>           In a river of silence
>           aggrieved, tormented
>           I cried;
>           I cry for my soul
>           searching in vain, the
>           temple of humaneness;
>           I cry for my soul
>           searching in pain, the
>           cocoon of tenderness.
>
>           In a blanket of darkness
>           horrified, agonized
>           I mourned;
>           I mourn for my heart
>           bleeding with tears, the
>           sea of blood consumed our humanity;
>           I mourn for my heart
>           gaping with fears, the
>           pillar of destruction ravaged our humanity.
>
>           I cry for my soul
>           I mourn for my heart
>           desecrated in this burning pit, our world.
>
>         Rene
>
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