Sand Sculpture by Sudarshan Pattnaik
The death of one child
is the death of the world
Sand arising as mother earth
shakes off her despair
and hungers for an artist’s vision there
Reptile brain awakens
flooding the system
with fear and alarm
The eye watching over us
blinking so slowly
means us some harm
The death of one child
is the death of us all
The universe turns
slow and elliptical
creating and recreating itself through pain
Grasping for a victory
or a vengeance creates
blood on blood
Devastation fields
Streets of fallen limbs
Nothing is good
The death of one child
is the death of the world
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
For Right2Write prompt 9 at http://howanxious.wordpress.com
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helenvalentina 
Amen, Helen…..well said!!
Thanks Skye!! very inspiring image for the prompt – really says it all, but inspires poetry anyway!! 🙂 🙂
Reblogged this on Amanda's Words / starfire8me and commented:
I WANT TO STOP IT TOO!!!!
Please stop – loved it, and the refrain makes it work so well
Thank you!! 🙂 🙂
May I reblogg this one on my blog?
Absolutely, thank you so much, that would be very kind!! 🙂
That moved me to tears. But…well, this is you we are talking about.
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 1:10 PM, helenvalentina
Thanks Ionia!! 🙂 🙂
So well said… Powerful writing! The aftermath of a terrorist attack is harrowing. The death of one child is indeed the death of world, death of humanity. You touched me deeply through this piece. I am so glad you participated in the prompt.
Thanks so much – it was a fantastic image to give us for the prompt, so thank you!! 🙂 🙂
This is so powerful, tragic, an moving wow So much wisdom is this Helen
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
You are very welcome =)
Reblogged this on Björn Rudbergs writings and commented:
Read this… so important … read
So sad – a tragedy – written beautifully.
Thank you!! 🙂 🙂
You are welcome.
Very powerful. True for children being terrorized everywhere including their own homes.
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
Reblogged this on Daily Observation and commented:
Very true.
Thanks so much for the reblog! 🙂 🙂
YVW, keep it up! 🙂