Afghanistan
Are we surprised the Taliban
impose an arbitrary ban
on women, doing little more
than cooking, cleaning, washing floors,
complying with Sharia law.
New found freedoms, now curtailed,
once again, their faces veiled,
'collaborators' thrown in jail.
Where for them, equality,
the simple things that you and me
take for granted, in our stride.
What of their hopes? Their dreams? Their pride?
Deserted by the Western world,
to Isis banners, shame unfurled,
into a heinous maelstrom hurled.
Your poem is beautifully written. It is haunting and sad. And I don’t know enough to comment sensibly… only instinctively. I don’t know how “bad” the Taliban really is (sorry if this sounds terrible but my trust of Western Media and Western politicians is at an all time low). And the Western abandonment (in the circumstances) seems the greater betrayal because we interfered without being asked to and now we leave them worse off than before. It seems a greater crime.
Thank you Worms. I too am sceptical about all forms of news these days, but whichever way you look at it, those people in Afghanistan have been badly let down.
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Well said!
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Thank you Mr G. 🙂
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Your poem is beautifully written. It is haunting and sad. And I don’t know enough to comment sensibly… only instinctively. I don’t know how “bad” the Taliban really is (sorry if this sounds terrible but my trust of Western Media and Western politicians is at an all time low). And the Western abandonment (in the circumstances) seems the greater betrayal because we interfered without being asked to and now we leave them worse off than before. It seems a greater crime.
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Thank you Worms. I too am sceptical about all forms of news these days, but whichever way you look at it, those people in Afghanistan have been badly let down.
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Absolutely!!
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So true !
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So true. Your words address the injustice, pain, and humiliation. Forsaken to suffer at the hands of savages.
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It is such a sad situation, one of those which makes us feel powerless, yet at the same time annoyed with our elected leaders. 😒
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terrific , Hobbo !! I like how you speak up for the powefrless, the downtrodden; we should always speak up and honor what we witness !!
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Thank you John. 🙂
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I heard last night that they’d bannwed protests. Leopards don’t change their spots.
But just think how bad the previous regime must have been, for the Taliban to overrun the country so quickly. It was only anout 6 weeks.
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It’s not a good situation for anyone right now.😒
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When the wax and wane of freedom’s like the changing of the tide, how can a group newly washed ashore be carelessly cast aside?
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Lyrically, and cleverly put!….and very true 😒
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