Oh sleepy willow why do you weep?
You never seem to be in peace.
Your branches bend as though in pain
as I listen to your wain.

I weep because I cannot sleep
nor will I ever be in peace
I weep for babies crying in pain,
innocent victims of humanity’s shame
caught up in man’s selfish games.

If I could move, I’d give them love,
or even give their mothers hugs
But it hurts me so, just to know,
I can do nothing to cure their woes.

Oh woe is me as I stand still
I would help the world,
if nature gave me the will

I look at you, with limbs that move
and wonder what if I were you?
Oh how I wish I could be you
for just one day, a moment or two.
I would not be still, I would get involve
I would let the world hear me cry “foul!”

Where is humankind, what has happened to love,
where is compassion or just giving hugs?
How can you sleep with the world in despair
have you no soul, no heart to share?

Oh woe is me as I stand still
I would help the world if nature
gave me the will,



(2 lines deleted and poem edited)
Copyright 2008 CH

(Dedicated to the women and children of Darfur
and others that suffer from the atrocities of war
around the world)
[Edited 8/22/08 18:16pm]
[Edited 11/28/08 15:42pm]

2elijah said:

Well writen...good stuff.

FrankAxtell said:

Thank you kindly Frank.

Mach said:

Very much appreciated!

etifaim said:

The poem has been edited, but thank you, so much for that!
[Edited 8/22/08 18:19pm]