Sunday 23 December 2012

Wishes

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This christmas
A war soldier
trapped in the deserts of an alien country
Wishes to return, to his family

Amidst the perennial drone attacks
murdering hundreds of children, once alive
A worried mother, every other night
Wishes for the survival of her child

A little girl
on the outskirts of balochistan
Wishes to roam free
on the land with no boundary
where the values of liberty and justice, stands tall
where education, is free for all

A beggar on the chilly street.
Faces cold nights which he cant beat
He watches through the window as the stocking were being set
He wishes for nothing, but a bread and a warm blanket

This christmas
as the ray of hope flickers in the sky
and birds of peace flew
an oblivious writer,
looks up and wishes
for their wishes to come true...

Shared with Poets unitedcarryontuesday and dverse.

29 comments:

  1. Wishes and Dreams...they come all the time, but a festival marks it the fulfillment of them.

    Beautiful poem!
    Amen to the above characters in your poem. May they find their goals in life!

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  2. Great poem, I wish their wishes come true as well.

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  3. May our wishes be prayers of healing and lovingkindness, safety and freedom for all beings everywhere...swirled into the sorrow, lifting it ever so gently.

    your poem is beautiful and so heartfelt... thank you.

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  4. This Christmas... so many lives could be changed, improved, if just a few things changed. You've touched on a few. Thank you.

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  5. Beautiful thoughts...expressed so well, and I wish WITH you!

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  6. A lovely Christmas poem. Happy Christmas to you too.

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  7. A very different Christmas post. Penned so beautifully.

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  8. excellent thoughts, well expressed. Wishes with you and for all with you.

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  9. lovely...i like how you take us into the toughest stories at christmas...pulls my heart to give them hope, to bring them home and do whatever we need...merry christmas!

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  10. A lovely wish for Christmas ~

    Happy Holidays ~

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  11. oh i wish for their wishes to come true as well...just read that in russia it is so freezing cold that already more than 100 people died, mostly homeless...so many sad stories and so good to bring them hope and help.. merry christmas to you

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  12. A wonderful wish for christmas... :)

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  13. That is the problem -- we can't all have our wishes --- they are often violently contradictory.

    The Taliban, The Saudi, The Dictators, The CEOs, The Junkies, The BJS, The LTTE, ...

    They all want things that require them to take from others.

    And they all have those working for them -- intentionally or not. One complex web where all wishes can't come true.

    Thanx for making me think.

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    1. And if your wish prohibits someone else having theirs...difficult choices to be had.

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    2. ...contradictory but reality and well put.. so sad man's inhumanity to man..

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  14. Very moving poem--maybe one day we will all wish for a better world together and stop acting like a bunch of idiots. Great work here!

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  15. Beautiful. An oblivious writer looks up. That is a rare event.

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  16. excellent write. grand thoughts on display, quite the read. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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  17. So many thoughts arranged in a beautiful manner... I loved reading it and hey! Belated Merry Xmas and an Advance Happy New Year

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  18. Beautiful composition!! You expressed the basic wishes really...really well!:)

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  19. A soldier. A mother. A girl. A beggar. A lovely perspective. Bravo.

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  20. So many unfulfilled wishes this season, highlighted poignantly in your composition.

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  21. I so enjoyed this, Ash...a glimpse into the heart of a handful of people who are hurting in one way or another...all of them representative of so many others.

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  22. this is beautiful, reminded me of a story my grandmother once told me abot a little girl selling matchsticks on christmas eve, and freezes to death in the cold cause no one is paying attention...
    the attention we give the ones around us, is what matters and maybe help to change the world for the better, at least a little bit..

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  23. thanks for this... we sometimes forget

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  24. Reality yet their wishes bring out the hope each one holds during festive season into another year. Good write!

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  25. Wonderful poem Ash!Sometimes we fail to give a little thought to others. It may not come to anything but means a lot to them. Nicely!

    Hank

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  26. Hmmm...........Yep!

    I have had a few wishes and dreams .......... they came true!

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