Say a Prayer for Darfur (Revised) (Warning for Mature Audience, violence depicted) <br /> <br />Darfur, yesterday, <br />Cozy, thatched huts, <br />Shining in the sun, nestled in the sand. <br /> <br />Darfur, yesterday, <br />Brightly-garbed, graceful women, friendly, strong men. <br />And the children… <br /> <br />The children, <br />Running and leaping, <br />Playing and laughing. <br /> <br />Today, a grinning skull <br />Hangs like the moon, <br />Over a gutted Darfur. <br /> <br />For Death came to Darfur, <br />Draped with murder and mayhem, <br />Wrapped in hate, lusting for power, land and oil… <br /> <br /> Death came to Darfur, <br />On the backs of camels, driving trucks, <br />Wielding fire, sticks, bullets and bombs. <br /> <br />Today, behold, Darfur, <br />Burned, charred huts, starving children, <br />Dead bodies baking in the sun, <br /> <br />Untold numbers of women raped, <br />A tiny baby beaten to death, <br />Rumors of school children being burned alive! <br /> <br />Villagers locked in their huts and cremated, alive. <br />Children with noses cut off and eyes pulled out, <br />The village of Labado lies like an agonized, charred corpse. <br /> <br /> <br />Come, weep with me, <br />Pray with me, <br />For Death camps in Darfur!<br /><br />Mary Naylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/say-a-prayer-for-darfur-revised/
