155. IF THE TEARS

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture)

If

the tears I've shed

for the children of Syria

had been kept

by now they would

have drowned

me

If 

the tears I've shed

for the children of Iraq

had been left to flow

by now they would

have soaked

the earth

If

the tears I've shed

for the children of Africa

had been rivers of gold

by now all children

need not suffer

poverty

If

the tears I've shed

for the children of the world

had been able to heal

by now all children

of the world

are well

But

My tears are just tears

shed out of empathy and sympathy

shed out of frustration and pain

shed out of love and care

for the world and

for humanity

Alas! 

I hope my tears are not in vain

I hope that God in heaven feels my pain

I hope that He hears my plea

I hope that He cares to answer me

I hope that He will soon end

the pain of this world and of the children

- © M@t@Maya 03rd October 2013

154. CHILDREN - WHAT DO THEY DIE FOR? WHY???

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this pictures)

Children.....

Shouldn't they be running 

amongst flowers in meadows 

or tugging the leashes of their doggies

or drawing cartoons on their sketch pads

or licking ice creams on a hot day?

Children....

Shouldn't they be held close

to the bosoms of their mums and dads

or just watching Sesame Street on TV screens

or making faces with each other in their kindy classes

or riding their neon-colored mini bikes?

Children....

Why do we adults bring them forth

to the world they never ask for

yet only to live lives

of sheer pain and

brevity?

Children....

Aren't they supposed to be gifts from God?

Yet they've become the pawns in adults' games

they're the price of adults' wars

and they live in pain

and die in vain

Adults!!!

Open your eyes and look at them

See those tiny bloodied faces

Hear their whimpering cries

Touch their skinny limbs

and watch they die

Adults!!!

Stop that greed! Cease the wars!

Do you think you can own this world forever?

No! Not even the children will

Because of you adults they

the children die

Why???

What do they die for???

- © M@t@Maya 03rd October 2013

148. CHILD.....

(Appreciation to Donald Zola, the painter of this beautiful painting)

My child,

wasn't it only yesterday that

I held you

to suckle at my breast

to satisfy your thirst?

My child,

wasn't it only yesterday

that I bathed you

and cleaned your tiny body

and washed your wisps of fine hair?

My child,

wasn't it yesterday that

I baked your first birthday cake

and placed some icing sugar

on your tiny nose?

Oh...how time has passed by

flying fast like an eagle

leaving me behind

clinging to dear moments

and not wanting to let go

Children,

now that you've grown

leaving this emptiness in me

like an empty nest

in silence

Children,

yours are now excitement

greeting new days

Mine, just this sadness

and loneliness

Children,

no matter where you are

those precious memories

and this undying love

will always be with me

- © M@t@Maya 24 May 2013