Sunday, November 15, 2015

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France has declared a national state of emergency and tightened borders after at least 128 people were killed in a night of gun and bomb attacks in Paris.
Eighty people were reported killed after gunmen burst into the Bataclan concert hall and took hostages before security forces stormed the hall.
People were shot dead at restaurants and bars at five other sites in Paris. At least 180 people were injured
These are the deadliest attacks in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings

surreal drama -
blood the price for a ticket
of loss dreams

veins of wrath -
the blood of innocents salts
tears again

peace peace -
when will words of harmony
ring true

© gillena cox 2015


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33 comments:

Blogoratti said...

Peace and love is all we need. Warm greetings lovely.

Jae Rose said...

It is surreal when such events unfold - and yet also familiar...terrorism exists in various forms every single day, sadly - a reflective and thoughtful poem

Donna@LivingFromHappiness said...

So aptly described...a surreal scene...one i hope we can mend and find a better way out of than just more violence.

Mary said...

Yes - peace, peace. It seems sometime an elusive dream.

Sanaa Rizvi said...

when will words of harmony
ring true

Sigh... hope and pray for peace to prevail soon and for an end to terrorism. Horrible what happened in France.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Jae

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Sanaa

much love...

Kerry O'Connor said...

We live in desperate times!

brudberg said...

It seams that peace is once again slipping through our fingers... really almost anything is possible for those determined to murder.

Gillena Cox said...

sadly indeed Kerry; and thanks for dropping by

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

the mindset of terrorism is the bane of planet earth's ethos

thanks for your appreciation Bjorn

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Donna thank you for dropping in

much love...

Purba chakraborty said...

Very well written, Gillena.
Prayers for France. Let there be peace.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

You have found words for the unspeakable. Well done. I can taste those salt tears.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping by Purba

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Sherry

Much love...

humbird said...

So brave and powerful poem haiku! Peace and love

totomai said...

We don't know the answers, Gillena. I hope we can attain world peace, we all deserve it. The first one is very powerful.

Old Egg said...

It is times like this one feels like hiding on an island in the Caribbean or even in far of Australia!

Wendy Bourke said...

A very timely write ... intense and moving.

Mascha said...

It is an incomprehensible drama and how it will go on in Europe is currently very uncertain -
Have a blessed new week

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Humbird

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Totomai thank you for your appreciation

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Indeed, happy you dropped in Robin

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you Loredana

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Wendy

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Mascha

much love...

Panchali said...

May peace prevail on earth....We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share....Beautiful haibun, Gillina!

kaykuala said...

Had been a sad day for humanity. Elements that start a chain reaction are signs showing us of some mismatch in expectations

Hank

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Panchali

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Hank

much love...

Susan said...

We are a step beyond surreal, which seemed to stay on stage and in art galleries. Your poem, from the heart, phrases the question, but as a rhetorical statement. When indeed. We lose proportion and hope.

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Susan

much love...