So what of the people there? <br />In a world cut off from ours. <br />In our daily routine their pain forgotten <br />We wastefully pass the hours. <br /> <br />Their simple belief of peace and compassion <br />In this time, drives them to pain. <br />They mean no harm and practice forgiveness <br />A simple yet trampled refrain. <br /> <br />So where in our hearts do we find <br />the moment that turns our fear to courage? <br />To stand against power for the sake of truth <br />And let honest peace simply flourish? <br /> <br />A thought for the people that preach against war. <br />Yet unyeilding and unwanted it comes, <br />to the doors of their houses invading their lives <br />with shrill and ugly tones. <br /> <br />What kind of world do we belong to <br />That thwarts the likes of kindness? <br />That sits on a pedastal feasting on greed <br />While feeding its own narrowmindedness. <br /> <br />A world through convenience just changes the channel <br />So as not to face true situations <br />And thinks of a new toy to buy next week <br />While lives are lost in mindless destruction. <br /> <br />It takes one not to follow, but to stop and think <br />And feel the pain in their cries. <br />To reason about it with the mind <br />And yearn to soothe their muffled sighs. <br /> <br />And after reason, speak the thoughts <br />To friends and acquaitances known <br />Until the world becomes informed <br />of an innocent peoples woes. <br /> <br />Help and support is all that is needed <br />Not money, not arms, not power. <br />For from a united majorities fight for peace <br />A greedy enemy could only cower. <br /> <br />Stand for the fight of the peaceful people <br />The kind simple people of TIBET <br />Lest it be a culture we no longer have <br />This peoples plight we MUST NOT forget.<br /><br />Vanessa Millar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forget-not-tibet/
