THE HARD SAD ROAD

The road is hard and long

Recurring is a sad, sad song

But helping is not heavy

For it is my duty

 

Often there is no return

This voyage, hard to discern

Not sure to make it home

Inadvertently making the wrong turn

 

The helpless is my concern

My heart aches, my inside burns

Help I must, they are my brothers

And yes, all of them, my sisters

 

Agony is their daily plight

No strength they have to fight,

Freely, all I have I give

Just to see them live!

© Sheriff Ali 2006

 

Author’s Comments

It is for some just complacency, and for others, a heart wrenching story of how powerful nations decimate other societies, and while millions suffer deaths, wounds, hunger, thirst, the ochlocracy continues to lie and deceive in an attempt to protect their place in history. It is shameful to witness the hypocrisy of the “good Christian” people, hiding behind freedom, democracy and liberty. But as the songs says: “Freedom is just another word, when you have nothing left to lose!” Perhaps this may be the reason for the world’s silence! President Bush has placed “we” America in a swamp of mush and mire derived from his manufactured lies to his continued manipulation of the facts. Almost 3,000 dead American Soldiers, some 22,000 severely wounded, 400 billion dollars spent, three years and nine months have gone by, and by any account some “one million Iraqis are dead,” and no one knows how many are wounded? All this so Saddam Hussein can be put on trial for crimes he committed when Ronald Regan and George H.W. Bush were President and Vice President. Or perhaps, to have permanent Bases in Iraq to control the 112 billion barrels of Iraq’s oil reserves. Our morale standards are not only questionable, but it stinks!