Shame

We are complicit!

Shame

We are the sons and daughters

of destruction

as we stand idly by in our safe houses

and watch, detached, as the slaughter

of nations rages in a foreign land.

Our leaders and the press

demonise that which has no fit

with our distorted and biased

reasoning.

Allowing us to wash our hands

of the blame.

We watch mass murder, starvation,

rape, torture and invasion

as if an episode of a TV serial.

Thus detached we can bury guilt

deep in the recess of shame.

 

14/09/14

Author's Note

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

"We watch mass murder, starvation,
rape, torture and invasion
as if an episode of a TV serial.
Thus detached we can bury guilt
deep in the recess of shame."

...your words are painfully true, John! We see it so much, that we are numb to its effect! Awesome work, my friend!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Kelly.

[Lyn Anderson]

I agree with this poem. We are complacent, and we accept what the media feeds us, and are unfazed by the terror and destruction all over the world. It is shameful indeed.
p.s. demonise should be demonize.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks 'M'. You use the 'Yank' version of demonise which is the English version!

[Lyn Anderson]

Hmm, I don't know, that's funny, I am not American, but have always used the Z. Learn something new every day.:)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

We tend not to use 'Zee' as far as possible, prefering to opt for the softer 's'.

[Lyn Anderson]

Hey, do you guys say Zee or Zed?

[John Alexander McFadyen]

We usually use Zed but you guys influence us!

[Lyn Anderson]

Canada says Zed, usually.

[Lydia Shutter]

Indeed, many watch the news and say, "that is so far away from us. It does not effect us." Truth is, though, it effects us more than we want to admit. Ask not for whom the bell tolls and all that! We are complicit....I agree. A poem that is up to date and a must read. John, your words are always well chosen. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Lydi, it is all so wrong!