Lament

: as we reach out to the Honorable Representatives

We stumble, souls flickered.
Voice—stuttering. Faint.
Unheard, almost. We try.
To speak. To be heard.
Are you there?

We beseech. We weep,
‘till our flesh sodden—
with tears. We wail.
We wail. For mercy. For help.
Do you hear?

We're no coward, for we've fought.
We fight. Hour by hour.
To earn: our dear life. We struggle.
We bleed. Each day.
Do you see us?

But eyes—your precious sight, fell upon us,
barely once. Once!
In every 5 years.
We are: Statistics. Numbers. Nameless.
For you—

Deaths. Poverty. Stupidity.
Sinking lives.
Results from your policies of monstrosity.
Taking tolls. Of us: The People.
Look at us!



4 September 2010