Angel wing's flutter engaged me. <br />Heavenly harps played for me. <br />Celestial music hypnotized me. <br />Godly words sensitized me. <br /> <br /> <br />Choruses sang faster. <br />Preachers preached louder. <br />That message got stronger <br />Heaven's stories got longer. <br /> <br />Christians preached to me <br />Hindus bowed to me. <br />Buddhists accepted me. <br /> <br />But this world was just like me. <br />Preferring ego, war and strife. <br />Shutting out messages it doesn't like. <br />Asking for weapons causing nuclear strikes. <br /> <br />Never asking what went wrong, <br />When war brought home a damaged son, <br />Humanity's destruction personally done. <br />So heaven's songs never sung. <br /> <br />In the ear that never listened.<br /><br />Vera Sidhwa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ear-that-never-listened/
