Poetry

When Forgiveness Is a Betrayal and an Act of Immorality

GiaB ‘Dear Genie’ prompt #2: forgiveness

Image by Alexis_Fotos from Pixabay

Buffeted by winds of war
And cries for more
Freedom of expression, unshackling from suppression
People die neglected as the headlines fade
No progress made in myriad nations
Locked in dispossession

I watch dejected
Peace plans rejected
Statistics, graphs and charts,
Victims an abstract art of
Numbers, numbs the senses
To offences

Who will agitate
Against the power-hungry haters
Perpetrators, cruel dictators?
We are spectators
Toothless commentators
Tossing words at perpetrators

The world condemns but never acts
Despite presented with the facts
Proxy wars, brutal ambition
Blind to humanity’s condition
How can I sleep
While many millions weep?