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Goodluck Onyeka
tailor @ lagos, nigeria
tailor @ lagos, nigeria
WHEN THE WORLD FORGOT HOW TO FEEL
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>An original poem about humanity, pain, hope, and the price of being human.</p><p><br/></p><p>The world is burning, yet we sleep,</p><p>While silent souls have wounds too deep.</p><p>We build tall walls, we draw hard lines,</p><p>And leave compassion far behind.</p><p><br/></p><p>A child cries beneath the rain,</p><p>A mother smiles to hide her pain.</p><p>A father walks through dust and fear,</p><p>Pretending no one sees his tear.</p><p><br/></p><p>We ask for peace, then sharpen swords;</p><p>We preach of love, then wage our wars.</p><p>We pray for heaven, dressed in white,</p><p>Yet steal another person's light.</p><p><br/></p><p>We count our wealth, we praise our fame,</p><p>But who remembers the forgotten name?</p><p>The hungry wait beside our gates,</p><p>While food grows cold on golden plates.</p><p><br/></p><p>Oh, tell me, world, what have we gained</p><p>If hearts grow rich while souls remain</p><p>So poor in kindness, starved of care,</p><p>That human suffering becomes a prayer?</p><p><br/></p><p>What is a crown upon a head</p><p>When truth is silenced, hope is dead?</p><p>What is a throne, what is a name,</p><p>If we leave the world wrapped up in shame?</p><p><br/></p><p>Yet somewhere, still, a candle glows;</p><p>A stranger helps where no one knows.</p><p>A hand reaches through grief and pain,</p><p>A broken heart learns hope again.</p><p><br/></p><p>A little kindness, quietly given,</p><p>Can make the earth feel close to heaven.</p><p>One honest word, one brave embrace,</p><p>Can put lost hope back in its place.</p><p><br/></p><p>So let us rise before we fall,</p><p>And hear the voiceless, one and all.</p><p>Let mercy speak where anger stands;</p><p>Let love become our strongest hands.</p><p><br/></p><p>For when our final sunsets come,</p><p>When every battle has gone numb,</p><p>The world won't ask how much we owned,</p><p>But whose dark nights we helped make dawn.</p><p><br/></p><p>And if tomorrow speaks our name,</p><p>Let kindness be our lasting flame.</p><p>Let history write, when we depart:</p><p>They left the world with a kinder heart.</p><p><br/></p><p>For this is truth no gold can buy,</p><p>No flag can own, no age deny:</p><p>The world is not made great by what we take,</p><p>But by the hearts we heal, the hope we wake.</p>
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