A mother’s tears.
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My good friends killed in Iraq in 2004 with my daughter and his two daughters.
A mother‘s tears
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
When a life is lost in war. Someone is heart broken somewhere.
A mother’s tears
There is nothing as beautiful as a mother and a
child.
I watched a mother holding and singing to her baby.
“I love you my baby. No-one will hurt you.
Mama will buy a
soft little bed to rest your small body.”
Can we see beyond the color of the skin?
Will we hate
because their religion is not same as ours?
Will we close our eyes to help someone in need
because the
pain isn’t ours to feel?
The mother looked out a window. She see a dirty
city.
So many helpless people with no place to go.
She bring her baby closer and kisses her baby head.
She sings “I love you my sweet baby,
I pray for the day when
the world is safe for you.
Everyone had a fair chance.”
The rain drops are acid rain.
Violence is a normal thing in
this world.
Another soldier die.
Somewhere tears are falling for the
soldier.
He was someone son who mother’s tears will never stop.
A young woman prayed.
“God, protect my baby for the world is cold and
heartless.
keep my baby safe from the hate and violence.
Please lord of life and death allow my child to grow strong
and have a fair chance at a good life.
Lord keep my baby safe for she is my world
and I would empty
and alone without her.”
Tears falls from the young woman
eyes.
The view from her window of a world falling apart.
She knew her tears for her baby has just began.
Coyote
Oct 2008
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As always you bring to the forefront our need to change the world. Your words and images remind us of the terrible toll war takes.
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War leave no winners. I pray and hope for peace. Would be nice to know some days of peace and calm in our world. The children need to live in a world without fear and hate as the purpose. Thank you for the comment.
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I wonder how long these senseless wars will continue.. I wrote one some years ago called unite for peace nothing has change over the years… Reading your comments here made me remember the poem.. there are NO WINNERS in War.. you can find my post I first posted in 2008 here http://wp.me/p16xW7-4t
Wishing you Peace!
I had tears also as I read your poem
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I agree. Soldier are to defend our country. Not police the world. World don’t want us. Time for us to come home and fix our own country.
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All mother, has one lost tear to share for you son or With others mothers too.
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Beautiful poetry!
As a side note, the photo of the Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange was done under the WPA photography project that ran from 1935 to 1942. WPA photographers were not supposed to enhance or manipulate their photos; but if you look very carefully just above the bottom of the frame in the lower righthand corner of the photo you will see a ghost of a thumb of a person who was holding the canvas back. The story goes that Ansel Adams retouched the thumb to minimize it because it was distracting. You can see a print without the thumb retouched at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.23845/
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I like the photo. It came up on recommend pictures. Photo still today can create thoughts and reaction. Thank you for reading and the information.
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It’s a wonderful photo. Lange was a great photographer. The retouched thumb is interesting, because it was a huge deal back then. In today’s digital world, it could be removed from the digital file and no one would be the wiser.
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Beautiful how you always manage to help me see things through a different view point. Always touching my heart with your words!
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Thank you. Some wise woman said somewhere. “If woman lead the world. They would not send their children to died in war.” I do believe this.
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Very powerful writing.
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Thank you WB for the comment.
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Hit me especially hard. Mother passed away Sept 17. 45 minutes after she died a tear formed and fell from her left eye. This and similar occurrences in those closing 5 weeks have keep me addle-brained and mystified.
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The old memories bring back kind faces and people missed. A mother’s love is forever, We must keep them with us in heart and memory.
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Reblogged this on In My Mind It Makes Sense.
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masterful, mate. ’nuff said,
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Thank you for the comment and reading.
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Thanks for becoming a subscriber. Now I’ll stroll through your site.
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Thank you for stopping by.
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I used this Dorothea Lange many times as a teacher to inspire writing among my students and also to teach history.
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Beautiful and emotional mate. You paint an amazing picture with your blogs.
If I end up being able to write half as good as you, I will be pleased!! Truly bud.
James Blunt served in the UK Army. He left disillusioned with what he had seen.
He was in Bosnia and kept a video of what he seen. He now writes many songs about
what he seen, and for his lost friends, like yours. This video is VERY moving.
I hope it is ok to share John
Respect
Shaun
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I have some of his music on my YouTube. His songs are amazing. Need more people to desire peace over killing. Thank you for the comment.
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My Pleasure mate. I blog for “Bloggers for peace” and am part of the “Playing for change”
One song, one blog, one comment at a time, we can change our world. I am very pro-active in any movement on this. All of them are at the top of my blog.
Thank you and yeah, James is a brilliant writer.
Shaun
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http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/bloggers-for-peace/
I love this..The audio is 72 years old and still relevant today. Someone added new up to date images. I hope this is ok to share. And feel free to join the movement. “Bloggers for Peace” I blog a month and add that banner to your page.
Shaun
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I will come later. I start my four days of work tonight. I work four 13 hour days and get four days off. I will be honor to present peace and good-will on my site.
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Brilliant.
You seem to be doing it, almost already.
Good on ya. And welcome aboard mate
Shaun
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I have been writing poetry for peace for years. I hope more people will listen. War leave no winners. Thank you.
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Good to have your experience just as a friend here.
Shaun
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