Lest we forget
Those who were blinded
So that we may see
Lest we forget
Those who were deafened
So that we may hear
Lest we forget
Those who were silenced
So that we may speak
Lest we forget
Those who lost their taste for killing
So that we may all taste living
Through art
We shed tears
For your blindness
Through music
We mourn
Your deafness
Through poetry
Tears falling
For your silence
Through our love
Heart-felt tears
For your dying
Heart-felt thanks
For this gift
Of seeing
Heart-felt thanks
For this gift
Of hearing
Heart-felt thanks
For this gift
Of speaking
And most of all
Heart-felt thanks
For this gift
Of living
Thank you dear Richard for reminding me to be thankful to that kindness which gifted us the power of remembering
Poet Nair, I love your heartfelt, thoughtful comment. Thanks so much for commenting on a poem that is so very close to my heart.
THank Him, He who has given us all these sense organs and sense objects to live and behave as a human. Great concept great poem, Richard
Yes indeed, Kesav! I Thank Him every day. He has given me more lives than that of a cat. And I pay service to God through my spiritual poetry. THX very much, Kesav!
"And most of all Heart-felt thanks For this gift Of living"… and of sharing life! Thank you!
Thank You, Rob for reading and commenting. All The Best In The New Year!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Congratulations, Richard. This poem is placed in the Best Poems Of Member Poets. You, by all means, deserve the recognition.
2) Thank You for bringing it to mine attention. I didn't realize that it had made that list.
I greatly appreciate your sentiments, Poet Menon!