Tragedy People Endure

Tragedy People Endure
© Surazeus
2024 10 20

Huddled in warm blanket on soft armchair, 
young woman turns off smart phone in her hand 
after scrolling sites with world news for hours, 
and sips hot chocolate of comforting hope 
to soothe terrible grief that tears her heart 
at all the tragedy people endure. 

Which humble and hardworking tribe of souls, 
oppressed by wealthy elites of their states, 
who attack their homes and bodies with rage 
to exterminate them through genocide, 
should I weep most for with my bleeding heart 
as they are killed by aggressive regimes? 

I want to save every woman and child, 
whose gaunt face, stricken with terror and shock, 
stares at me with sad eyes pleading for help 
from photos and videos which record 
suffering they endure when bullets and bombs 
shatter their bodies and homes in blind fear. 

I wish to fight those tyrannical bullies, 
disguised in official gray suits of power 
as presidents, who should protect their people, 
yet brutalize innocent civilians 
to maintain through terror and stark despair 
control over minds of their citizens. 

Yet I am one small and weak human being, 
one person out of billions on this Earth 
unable to assert values I cherish 
that every person living on this globe 
deserves liberty to live as they will, 
and justice when others hurt them with hate. 

I understand why superhero gods, 
embodied by Jesus and Superman, 
enable wish-fulfillment of my heart 
to fight with strength of justice based on truth 
to prevent bullies from hurting good people 
and stop nationalists from killing kind folk. 

Though I am weak in body, I am strong 
in willingness to help the oppressed live 
by sending money to organizations 
dedicated to saving them from harm 
and healing them with food and medicine, 
so, with many others like me, we win. 

Every people on Earth oppressed by hate 
and killed by tyrants grasping for control, 
young woman declares with soft trembling voice, 
are equal in importance to my heart, 
then she sends cash to global charities 
while humming solemn hymn to boost her faith.