In the Name of the Father...

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Sun, 06 Sep 2015
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Do not stop all the clocks, or disconnect the phones,
don’t placate all barking dogs with juicy bones...instead,
let it be known...spread the message via Facebook,
Twitter – get out those mobiles...scribble it on the sky.
 
Forget the dictionary, Oxford, Collins or otherwise;
as of this moment, there is a brand new definition
of the word, ‘Displacement’, which should read thus:
‘Body of small, Syrian boy, in red T shirt,
washed up on Turkish beach’. 
Certificate 15
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Comments

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

This is really good - it's so strikingly stark and horrific. 

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Many thanks, ae...pity it had to be.

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

It is really good, Tina. Such a shame it had to be written.

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Amen to that, Bee

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

This lad's death has certainly woken up many to not only an understanding of such a word, but out of complacency as you well indicate. I had  hoped to look at your butterfly poem this morning. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Hasn't it just, Rhiannon?

Going off on a tangent...you don't miss a trick, do you?smiley  Shall be putting it up again shortly.  Just some  fine-tuning needed.  

Thanks, as ever, for your thoughts, more than valued.

Tina

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

How clever of you, Tina, to use the beginning of W.H.Auden's 'Funeral Blues', but in reverse, as a platform for your poignant message. That picture has become a symbol of the whole tragic situation and has awoken the conscience of many people.

Luigi xxx

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Hi there, Luigi.  It was strange because all day long, the day I wrote this, his words kept coming into my head and wouldn't go away until I wrote them down, such.  Hence the poem.

How right you are when you say 'that picture has become a symbol of the whole tragic situation.'

Tina xxx

 

Submitted by love_writing on

Skillfully done Tina. You can feel the build up to the absolutely heartbreaking ending, which is what it is.

love_writing

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

lw - thank you.

Tina