It is NOT right.
I cannot believe.
The way the world is going
I do not want to believe.
Not yet in my lifetime have I known
such dangerous games.
Politics on the playground
of the most dangerous kind of people -
again and again I think, “How
can we? How can we?”
I see no reason to be optimistic,
but I’m hoping, out of habit I suppose.
That something at the heart of
humanity will surprise us,
and that something good will come.
I don’t care who did what to whom. It is wrong.
To be killing people, so many women, children and men who have nothing to do with the military or the government,
people who are just trying to live their lives… It is not right.
If it’s not obvious enough, I’m talking about what’s happening with the Israeli military bombing the life out of Lebanon, killing entire civilian families and now invading with ground troops.
CAN YOU IMAGINE if bombs starting dropping over Chicago’s infrastructure - the Dan Ryan, the CTA, Midway Airport - if some country (or countries) started killing us all in response to some criminal thing George Bush, or the military or Corporate America did to them? CAN YOU IMAGINE your friends and family and loved ones being obliterated as they are held accountable for the actions of the corrupt powers that be?
The very idea gives me chills. And all of this violence and entitlement and hatred hurts my heart.
I don’t care what anyone says, THIS IS NOT RIGHT. It is criminal and it should be stopped.
I keep thinking of my daughter - what if… The dizzying array of ‘what ifs’ can barely be approached. I don’t even want to think of it, I just can’t help it. What if I had to grab her up and run like hell away from our home? What if all hell broke loose while Ian was at work and I couldn’t find him? What if we were attacked, desperate and dying, and no one else in the world cared enough to do anything?
These are not new ideas, of course. Someone always seems to be trying to eliminate someone else. I’ve had these thoughts before. But to see how publicly these criminal acts are being purpotrated, I think I’m right to comment on how awful and alarming it is.
Pray for peace. Speak out for peace. Take action for peace. And take care of yourselves.
Love,
Atena Oyadi
