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Pray for Burma

September 26, 2007 by K.

A Buddhist monk holds a sign as his group marches down a street before a police crackdown in Rangoon city centre, 26 September, 2007

on September 26, 2007 at 7:07 am | Reply A.L.

A Poem for Peace in Burma
by A.L.

I see beauty in death of this sort.
The kind that comes from wrapping
oneself around
what needs to happen,
and one more comes along,
and one more,
and one more,
until the government
calls it an uprising.
But it is merely a rising up,
a cause worthy
of the courage of a few multiplied times 50
One dies,
and one more,
and one more.
A mom cries, a dad screams,
people scatter…
A soul is reborn.

Maybe he lives down the street from me;
Maybe he is you…or my brother…my best friend.
Maybe we can be so strong
here in America.
on September 26, 2007 at 7:40 am | Reply Kurt

This is poignant, A.L. Thank you for sharing it with us.