Poet's corner: What I saw today

Today I saw a wife weeping…Still mourning her loving husbandThe first man she ever lovedWho was taken away from herLeaving her lonely and emptyAnd today still unable to loveHe will always be the one in her heartLove has lost it’s meaning to her Today I saw a mother crying…Still mourning a baby boyThinking of what could have beenHe would be about to finish high school nowFrom the first time she held him in her armsShe had great plans for his lifeShe always knew he would be a doctorHe never even learned to read Today I saw a young man looking so lost…He still can’t understand what happenedWhere did mom and dad go for so long?Why was I left all alone in this world?What did I ever do wrong to deserve this?He was just a little boy when it happenedAnd it still doesn’t make any sense todayAll he knows is that they are gone Today I saw a lady… she was just thereShe stopped feeling anythingThe night they brought her the newsThat young man she was promised toThe one she had kept herself pure for There would be no wedding that yearNo children in the next few yearsThat night she stopped dreaming. Today I saw a sister, I saw a brotherAll of a sudden they became “an only child”I saw a grand father, a grand motherWondering why they had survivedAnd had outlived they grandchildrenI saw a father, I saw a husbandNo wife, no child to go home toNo point of living, he’s just existing Today I saw what war can doToday I saw what hate can drive toToday I saw people hurting so badWhoever said time heals meant agesToday I saw thousands of peopleEveryone looking for comfortEveryone searching for answersEveryone carrying their own pain and lossAnd praying for strength and courage to go on Today I saw how pain brings unityBut it shouldn’t have come to thisIf we had just lived in harmonyThis would have never happenedToday I saw so much hurt and regretsBut also so much hope for the futureI saw the long road ahead of usBut that’s ok… we will walk it together. Ends