Zeitgeistlyrik: Not an Avalanche (Satis Shroff)

NOT AN AVALANCHE (Satis Shroff)

Merkel a Machtpolitician,

Remains true to her ethics;

Europe cannot close its fortress,

When there’s agony and war,

In other parts of the world.

The challenge of global refugee movement

Has to be met and solutions found,

For this migration is enriching.

What is the cause of migration?

She sees not Schäuble’s avalanche of refugees,

She sees only humans.

A Christian thought worth emulating.

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VOLKSTRAUERTAG (Satis Shroff)

Volkstrauertag

Wreaths for the fallen soldiers;

Germans show gratitude and humanity.

A welcome culture for refugees

Others set asylum homes on fire.

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THE PROMISE (Satis Shroff)

When the war ended in 1945

People began to have serious doubts

About the Endsieg propaganda.

People like you and me,

Who believed and did

What they were told.

‘Just doing my duty,’

One was told.

The enemies from the East and West

Were drawing closer.

Emotions were at their lowest,

And parents their children:

‘Child, promise me

That you’ll shoot yourself.’

That was the downfall of little people 1945.

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CHIRPS AND TWEETS (Satis Shroff)

The Haubemeise comes

Looks around in my garden,

Picks a few corns in the bird-house

And flutters away to safety.

Scared of bigger birds,

With sharp beaks

That bite.

A finch tweets on a twig,

Swooped by a pair of talons,

The end of chirps in freedom.

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PARIS: WHERE THE INNOCENT DIE (Satis Shroff)

France versus Germany play 2:0,

Explosions outside the stadion,

Allah-ho-Akbar rings in the air

129 innocent people slaughtered

By bullets from Kalashnikovs,

In the City of Love on  11/13.

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Condolence and prayers

For the Parisians,

Killed in a concert

And elsewhere.

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A dark day for Paris,

Where people enjoy life;

Vive la difference,

Marred by terrorists.

Our prayers are for the slain,

In the world city Paris,

Where 129 people were killed

In the name of IS.

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