What my TV screen showed me yesterday
...and this too shall pass...
news reel
after news reel
we get to sit in our
guilt edged western comfort
and view from afar
this human horror
un-named faces washing past
an inanimate TV camera
child's vacant face
staring at
the unknown world
fetid rubbish
putrid decay
now viewed momentarily
before washed over
by yet another muddy swell
this stinking swirl
through the camera man's lense
and what can I do
as I watch
this human horror
I sense only
utter disbelief
again and again
I ask myself
it all feels too unreal
my only comfort being
the sure and certain
knowledge that
...this season too shall pass...
all photographs courtesy of AP newsreel continuous - with thanks
TK September 2010
The magnitude and horror of it defiesd belief doesn't it. I am part of a campaign just not to make ourf government pledge more money for aid. The horrible thing is that that's all i can do.
ReplyDeleteTiffany, this is heartbreaking. I watch the news reports just shaking my head, these children without parents, families torn apart, the sickness and pain.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts also to you on the loss of Dudley. I have just caught up on your latest posts. Bless.
Your words and the pictures help keep us involved in whatever way we can help.
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