Saddened to Silence

Image of a starving child, brought out this poem in me...
Feels like a lump
stuck between the heart, and lips
blocking all words.
Muffled sobs,
loosened eyes,
silent tears...roll to a cry.

Saddened to silence
deeply dark,
with a mind that spins.
Fleeting thoughts
rush to empty,
limp, depleted,
cold…defeated.

Saddened to silence
little one
in some far away picture.
Belly bloated,
mouth like sand;
mother’s thinly, weeping hand.

I’m saddened to silence
over and over again.
When will it end?
Watching a child die from hunger
in a plush land of green
seems,
beyond comprehension.

RagMag Poetry
   By Bill Crimi
Published: 9/18/2007
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