Read AND STILL THE CHILDREN GO UNHEARD

Read: AND STILL THE CRIES OF THE CHILDREN GO UNHEARD

Gracias always Hermano Estaban ~ I myself know of the personal hell of being disabled in the physical, mental and spiritual realms of life in an abled world where so many take so much for granted.

Reaching for a glass of water, standing up from a chair, seeing children play in the yard, hearing birds chirp in a tree. The simplest things are the greatest and most beautiful. Being disabled is like being  in another dimension from others who are so wrapped up in their comings and goings to and fro in this business of life.

I am still on my spiritual path, working on my character defects, personal shortcomings and striving to be a better and better humane being. Thank you for your kind words.

My basic agenda is naturally a Humane-Rights-Agenda as a common denominator for all of us who valiantly uphold humane rights for all. Life affirming humane rights and the sacred respect for humane rights are our birthright given to us by Creator God, not by any government or Constitution alone. The demons of division based upon class, race, sex and other divisors are so widespread in this sick society that I found that the best way to proceed for the People's Liberation Movement in general is to for us to have a common agenda. We should not get distracted by passing parades of political parties to the exclusion of forgetting about the people's basic needs: food, clothing, shelter, medical care and quality education.

I am a dedicated humane Christian, refuse to foist my religion on others, but I cannot deny my Lord and Savior: His amazing grace keeps me going! There is so much shameless hypocrisy in this wicked world that many labels have lost their true meanings.

Ultimately, our enemies are not of flesh and blood, not just Bush and two-legged beasts, tangible to our ordinary senses, but our real enemies are unfounded fear, selfish greed, innocent ignorance, lost lust and other elements of the soul that harm and hinder our progress as humane beings of an endangered species upon Mother Earth!

I myself have heard the cries of the children and have felt  fallen tears that go unseen. Every day we must renew, refresh and resurrect our Love for People, especially innocent children born into this wicked world.

Let us continue to struggle onward in this People's War
in the Spirit of Love, Trust and Understanding.

Power to the Truth!
Peta de Aztlan
Disabled Rights Alliance <d-r-a@telus.net> wrote:
Thank you Brother Peta...

You are one of my favorite tried, tested, and true brothers in arms, as we struggle against a powerless conspiracy of ignorance, neglect, superstition.... and the fear people harbor in their hearts....the real causes that have so long chained our human family, in these prisons made possible by our tax dollars!

This particular poem, was written by my old and dear friend Libbi Armati, and was actually read on the steps of the White House, but we suspect no one was listening.

(sigh)

May we truly know Peace, for all the people of the Earth in 2006...

Respectfully,

Your Brother, Estaban

(a.k.a. Steven Palmer ~DRA Advocate)

-------Original Message-------

From: Peter S. Lopez
Date: 01/03/06 23:56:11
To: Disabled Rights Alliance
Cc: HRA GROUP
Subject: Re: AND STILL THE CRIES OF THE CHILDREN GO UNHEARD

Gracias... that touched by soul... Still we must challenge the evlness of the Oval Office Cabal... let there be more voices of peace in times of war.~~Brother Peter S. Lopez

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Humane-Rights-Agenda/
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Disabled Rights Alliance <d-r-a@telus.net> wrote:
The DRA is posting this message to remind all people in 2006:

The danger indifference creates, is much worse than the problem it's supporters are trying to avoid.

AND STILL THE CRIES OF THE CHILDREN GO UNHEARD
By Libbi Armati
Western Australia

somewhere out there a born again fanatical egomaniac proclaims that the way to peace in the world is to bomb the daylights out of all those who do not share his view of the world

somewhere out there the same self-proclaimed messiah vows to go to the ends of the earth to find those who are spoiling his party

somewhere out there a child lies screaming in the open fields after walking on a land mine whilst searching for his parents

somewhere out there a maniac laces the waters of the Mississippi with a newly formed bacteria which he cultivated in his toolshed

somewhere out there another would-be assassin decides it is time to do away with those whose sexual orientation is not one he proscribes as suitable

somewhere out there the hooded beast stalks the streets hellbent on destroying all evidence that anyone but white skinned people ever inhabited this planet

and still the cries of the children go unheard

somewhere out there a disenfranchised woman with no means of support is once again pummeled with blows to her body which leave her crippled

somewhere out there a man pleads it was self-defence

somewhere out there the cathedral bells ring out with the sighs of all those souls who have been sacrificed on the cross of lies and deception

somewhere out there the pulpits still resound with the words "Father forgive them, they know not what they have done"

somewhere out there many sodden footed civilians pray to a god they have never met but believe will save them from the marauding enemy with metal birds in the sky

somewhere out there pre-programmed soldiers search endlessly for someone to blame in order to secure their pensions into eternity

somewhere out there a corrupt government protects its friends and further lines its pockets with the blood of the dying

somewhere out there a child fires bullets into the heart of his father with a gun purchased to protect the family

and still the cries of the children go unheard

somewhere out there a mind-controlled mass of mediocrity massages the egos of the non elected in a bid to secure their place in history

somewhere out there another child lies dying in the street whilst men in jack boots stomp on his head and pretend they did not see him

somewhere out there a herd of wild horses rushes through the main street led by a man swathed in a flag proclaiming that he has all the answers

somewhere out there a band of merry men singing hymns to their version of the truth once more assert their right to make decisions for the world

somewhere out there amidst the cries of "foul play" another group is incarcerated and left to rot in the prisons of hell made possible by our tax dollars

somewhere out there the chants for peace are shouted down by one voice which says "I am the way, the truth and the life" but it is not Jesus speaking

and still the cries of the children go unheard

somewhere out there in the deep reaches of space a chorus of angels sings but no-one hears

somewhere out there the souls who have died cry for mercy and compassion

somewhere out there the wounded child says "all you need is love"

somewhere out there the battered mother says "love thy neighbour"

somewhere out there the bruised warrior says "god bless me"

somewhere out there the heroic dissenter says "love thy enemy"

somewhere out there the tired and pathetic waif says "peace on earth"

and still the cries of the children go unheard

somewhere out there the rest of the world waits and wonders what they did to deserve this misuse of power and war-mongering to make a few rich and the rest either poor or dead

somewhere out there another needle is given to make another person of difference merge into the scenery of the established white washed vision of the world

somewhere out there the crippled hospital victim remembers a time when he could walk and talk and love and dream

somewhere out there the piercing screams of the dying are accompanied by shouts of victory from the mouths of those who issued the death warrant

and still the cries of the children go unheard

April 2002

The right of Libbi Armati to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988

(Posted by the DISABLED RIGHTS ALLIANCE with Libbi's kind permission)

Also available at: http://www.voicesinwartime.org/

Poets Against War continues the tradition of socially engaged poetry by creating venues for poetry as a voice against war, tyranny and oppression.

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