07-08-2014, 07:54 AM
(07-07-2014, 06:21 PM)bena Wrote: Eventually I'll post some Gluck (can't do dotties, for give me)Bena, although it has the big plus of having been put to-gether thoughtfully, it seems to ask--and really answer-- simple questions. Freedom fighter/terrorist is old hat. What about any given person? maybe s/he's OK, and we're all the same de da de da. You can't be sure any particular one is nasty. Nothing really new, or to dispute.
But for now, curious about your guys take on this:
BY Imtiaz Dharker.
The Right Word
Outside the door,
lurking in the shadows,
is a terrorist.
Is that the wrong description?
Outside that door,
taking shelter in the shadows,
is a freedom fighter.
I haven't got this right .
Outside, waiting in the shadows,
is a hostile militant.
Are words no more
than waving, wavering flags?
Outside your door,
watchful in the shadows,
is a guerrilla warrior.
God help me.
Outside, defying every shadow,
stands a martyr.
I saw his face.
No words can help me now.
Just outside the door,
lost in shadows,
is a child who looks like mine.
One word for you.
Outside my door,
his hand too steady,
his eyes too hard
is a boy who looks like your son, too.
I open the door.
Come in, I say.
Come in and eat with us.
The child steps in
and carefully, at my door,
takes off his shoes.
I don't worry about nice people. I worry about fruit-cakes. And this 'boy' might just as easily have chosen to blow up Benaville, if he thought you were Shi'ite, or not Shi'ite or some other damn-fool cause.
(Having said which, I recall once crossing over to avoid some nutter one night, only to realise that I knew him well --my eldest son, in fact. Or on another occasion, muttering inwardly about a knot of silly youths and girls hanging around outside the pub-- only to recognise one as nice Lonks, whom I had taken riding with my kids for ages.
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