Grieving Mother by nunmeister
On and On…
The War. The Greed. The Destruction. The Injustice, now our daily bread.
If we’re not living these horrors ourselves every day in the flesh,
We are watching the scenes on TV.
Yet our world has turned its head and no longer sees.We can protest the rising prices, the governmental over reach,
but please do not forget a gentle people, far away
being extinguished before our eyes.
Raze the ground, uproot every olive tree
profits are the endgame; life is so cheap.
Human beings like you and me, being cleansed
to make room for a real estate boom.
Profits before families…
ambitious cruelty sits on the Throne,
Careful now, you too could be on a list
to be classified as not worthy to live.
Hope is buried somewhere out of sight
and complicity to plans of insanity
are our new reality.
Karima Hoisan
April 8, 2025
Costa Rica
*Footnote: Please press Play to hear my spoken word version.The music is “Fragile” by Sting sung by a children’s choir for the limited series, “Adolescence” When I heard this music, I knew soon I would write this poem.
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Thank you for this, Karima. The levels of greed and cruelty on display are astounding.
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You’re welcome Tracy and a new wave of world apathy too is spreading, I’m afraid:( I had to say something…now.
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Powerful and important words! It seems like we didn’t fix any crises lately, just pour in more and let the old ones slip out of site, unsolved. We must remember the people suffering! ❤️
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Yes, now it’s all about tarrifs and”HandsOff” which is good because people are waking up from their apathy, but please not at the price of real human suffereing on a daily basis.
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Sad and truthful words. Those with an insatiable desire for control and power will raze anyone or anything in their path. Like the First They Came For poem from almost 100 years ago, many won’t take action until it effects them personally, which is usually too late.
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So true Scottius, in Arabic we have a varation of that story where a sheppard makes a deal with a wolf to not eat his whole herd and he will sacrifice one to give to the wolf, but the wolf comes back every week until the shepard realizes, he was eaten when he gave the wolf the first lamb. His future was written, by thinking it could never happen to him. I see many comparrisons to Germany in the 30’s unfolding in the US today. Its frightning. Thank you for your perceptive comment…we all must start being a bit braver and defend our beliefs..
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so far it seems to me that humanity is a failed species, with the occasional exception. i’ve never been a fan, & am even less so now after these past few months (years? centuries?) the words choke up my throat & bring tears to my eyes & leave an ache in my heart. 🥺😢😞
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” the words choke up my throat & bring tears to my eyes & leave an ache in my heart. 🥺😢😞”
Ohh soulkin..I know they do 🤗..I agree with you, a otal reset might be the only answer for the human race. I would not be surprised if we were nearing that time…Meanwhile I ask for mercy for those who are suffering the most. Thank you for your very honest and touching comment.🤗❤️🤗
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“❤️💞❤️” still, love is even more precious now, & all the good i know of is also more dear than ever before🔥
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Oh yes soulkin, so precious and I too still believe in love ❤️💕❤️☮️🕊️
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Thank you for this poem Karima 🙏 you echo the world’s frustrations right now.
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Oh Mich thank you for listening and for being on a similar vibration. There is so much wrong going on right now, we have to choose “our fight” I know mine and it breaks my heart on a daily basis.
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So sad, yet so true. An excellent and thought provoking poem, Karima.
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Thank you AJ for listening,,, it is something I feel very strongly about.
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This is extremely heartbreaking and tragic. Thanks for speaking out
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Thank you so much Sadje, I just had to.
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I share in your grief my dear friend
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I know you do 🤗
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🥲💔
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I share your sentiments Karima.
We all do.
This is heartbreaking Karima 💔
Thank you for sharing.
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Oh Maggie thank you for your words. It’s just too much!! Hugs you 😀💔
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My absolute pleasure Karima 🤗
Hugs back to you 😘
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I’m so glad you wrote this Karima, and so to the point. We are merely puppets in the hands of who are, at the lowest level, an evil brand of World leaders. How dare they act in this way! Sting’s song really fitted as the aptly chosen background to your haunting voice. When he left ‘The Police’ and started on his solo career, he produced 4 fantastic albums and I remember how much this song resonated with me.
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Wow thank you Pete for coming all the way to my blog to leave your comment. You know I had moved to Costa Rica 10 years before so really missed Sting as a solo performer. I was watching a Netflix limited seies (British) called Adolescence and I found it on YouTube by the same children’s choir. Somehow children singing these lyrics was even more emotional and without knowing what I would write, I played this version of Fragile on a loop….and this poem came out. I have been very very stifled like I wanted to say something about our world and couldn’t find the words. Sting’s song helped me find them. Thank you for what you say here…and I agree.
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Thank you for using your incredible talent and tender awareness to speak up against atrocities. I understand why the music spoke to you. A touching addition to your powerful poem. 🙏🏻
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Thank you so much for this comment, Michele. I just felt this great need to write it, and that version of Sting’s song , children singing, brought it out of me. Yes, the music itself is so powerful, I agree… and it works with my poem.
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You’re very welcome, Karima. An honor to listen and read. 🙏🏻
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So unfortunately true. But it is a poets job to speak the truth! Well done, as usual. Such a powerful opening line, too!
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Thanks so much Ben for listening. Yes, sometimes we must speak out…I admit I am not the first to do that, but I feel so much better after I do:)
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Making our voices heard is one reason we write. Well spoken.
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Thank you so much David, and you are right. Sorry I just discovered your comment today!. Thank you for listening!
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Karima, I was ‘sold’ at…”The War. The Greed. The Destruction. The Injustice, now our daily bread”…deeply touched by your heartfelt poem in your beautiful and expressive voice…it’s so powerful that it feels like a thousand knives piercing my chest…Truth is what you’ve revealed from that chest…Courageous, you truly are…how sad is all of this…what has happened to people?…helpless is the feeling…Politicians – I won’t even go there coz we already know about their interests…Bank interest is what human lives have become to them…or perhaps, it has always been like this…A beautiful, heartfelt and courageous sharing you’ve voiced…The choice of music is perfect…thank you so much for this poem, my dear friend ❤️
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Ahhh Navin…thank you for this deeply thought-out comment.You know I was working on a quasi-cartoon at the time, not really an animated movie, just my Pisces sisters and me dressed up in these adorable characters, running around a cartoon like scenario…It was cute but it was meaningless…just high in calories with no nutritional value, if you know what I mean:) and something in me was screaming…”Get real! You are avoiding your own thoughts!! It was so strong I couldn’t deny it…my own conscience was refusing to put my time into it…and then I heard Sting’s song, done by a children’s choir, and the words toppled over themselves to be heard. Thank you so much Naveen for own heartfelt words..It had to be said and I feel glad I said it.🤗☮️💕
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It is about profits. Well said. About greed. Violence on anyone can’t be justified, let alone on innocent people. And majority of who gets killed has nothing to do with the war of the world leaders (not of the world mind you). But I’ve seen people supporting it, even demanding it, clearly influenced by a few individuals who have nothing but their own interests in mind. Good of you to be putting it out there, loud and clear. It could be our turn the next time.
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This whole situation in Gaza has my soul afflicted…it’s so hard for me to rise above the frustration and weakness I feel when I confront this reality and know that the world, yes the whole world is to blame, for letting this go on. Now the people are starving, a man-made famine,soon they plan is to push them out of their land for good…. and we helplessly stand by..My words seem so insignificant …my efforts almost in vane. Thank you Sundaram for listening… that means so much to me.
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Hearing this is even more powerful than reading it with the sweet voices in the background, Karima. It truly is beyond words but you found them which shared the bottom line so well. It’s so heartbreaking and I think we are all on a list but the children it’s despicable! ❤️
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Yes it kills me daily and on and on..Thank you so much for your comment..This poem was wrenched from my very soul and love I have for the Palestinian people…not in just theory but knowing those who made it to Jordan 4 who became my brothers and sisters in law… I feel this very personally Cindy and I know you do too. in your own heart.. You are filled with humanity…it shows easily in your writings. Thank you!
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Oh Karima, this is heavy on our hearts and especially you with those brotherly and sisterly ties near and dear to your heart. It’s such a sad state of afraid at the hands of cold criminals in power! Hugs and love as we share our voices and spread love 💕
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Oh Cindy, I just saw your comment tonight…but it makes me want to hug you and say thank you for seeing my personal pain in all of this..🤗 🙏❤️
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