~ 31st August ~ I Wish I Had Not Seen This ~

I wish I had not seen  this but I did 

for I was free and so I thought in

my own country,

on the screen what

all was happening on the street

it is not a foreign place nor foreign 

are the men on the beat

How safe we are today at home?

I wish I had not seen this-

from time to time I cried and 

prayed and prayed with the people,

felt the hurt they suffered -what if 

it had been me or mine -but it is

to me it could happen -so are we free?

How safe we are today at home?

I wish I had not seen this-

I see them smile hardly 4 6 7 and 10-

 my own kids with such responsibility

and I thought 'I crossed barbed wires

and so soon the wires are back in place-?

and in my own free country?

I wish I had not seen this  

 they said it was a new country

 our own land our own home free 

the colonial crown is down 

gone is the purple gown- 

but so soon we are marching again

in the sun in the rain with deep pain

sonorous thumping sounds as

 breathing is heavy the eyes burn 

we are still trying to remove the stain'

I wish I had not seen this'

who is right who is true who

is for me and who is for you?

O you who are so cruel and

all ready to kill and duel-

remember that in the end it is 

nothing but a Pyrrhic victory-

the grave you dig for others

may be your own who knows

the wealth you gather now,will

 be no more in hands or shows' 

but when greed and wine is in

arrogance flows and the wit is out

all is soon over but the shout'

I wish I had not seen this 

But I wish a time, I would like to see

my own free land in peace and bliss

free for all people equally 

I wish and pray....and hope ...and....