a thought
To close a door to anyone who seeks you,
to refuse communication,
to let down and leave to perish,
like in Burma,
where the Junta stops all foreign aid,
or like in China,
where the only help allowed is the Chinese,
which does not work,
is out of nature and unhuman
in a silent cruelty
which actually is worse than open cruelty,
like burying someone alive instead of killing him first.
And yet, that silent cruelty
is the most common cruelty of all,
as refusing beggars every day,
ignoring tragedies,
and closing eyes to look the other way
when some injustice is committed.
So, when this unhuman cruelty appears so very common,
why then bother about it at all?
Unfortunately, the more it is permitted to go on,
the more a bother it becomes.
Poetry by Christian Lanciai
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Written on 2008-05-14 at 19:15
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The Cruelty of Closed Doors
To close a door to anyone who seeks you,
to refuse communication,
to let down and leave to perish,
like in Burma,
where the Junta stops all foreign aid,
or like in China,
where the only help allowed is the Chinese,
which does not work,
is out of nature and unhuman
in a silent cruelty
which actually is worse than open cruelty,
like burying someone alive instead of killing him first.
And yet, that silent cruelty
is the most common cruelty of all,
as refusing beggars every day,
ignoring tragedies,
and closing eyes to look the other way
when some injustice is committed.
So, when this unhuman cruelty appears so very common,
why then bother about it at all?
Unfortunately, the more it is permitted to go on,
the more a bother it becomes.
Poetry by Christian Lanciai
Read 414 times
Written on 2008-05-14 at 19:15
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