Picture: SBS News.
They All Have Names
For Myanmar, Mexico and so many more
They all have names:
The toll call on the news.
A mother’s son
A father’s daughter
A schoolmate who
Sat by the window
There.
Now
Lost, missing or
Just gone.
All of them part
Of the great narrative
Of the human story,
And precious
Before loving eyes.
We hear the cries
And the silence.
May a blanket of comfort
Warm suffering hearts.
May the fallen
Rest
In peaceful remembrance.
Simon C.J. Falk 10 September 2017
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Simon's still stanza 
Yes, all of them do. And so often, the rest of us forget that. My heart has been bleeding for Myanmar over the last few days. Thank you for writing this.
Years ago I studied with two fine men from Shan State, Myanmar and visited one of them in his home town. A school friend of mine has in-laws in Latin America and some friends of mine have siblings in Florida, USA. These events make the world feel smaller and closer. I find poetry helps me make sense. If it help others too, then I welcome that. 🙂
Thanks Simon – so essential to remember that we have names and as you say we are someone’s brother or sister or son/daughter of – there by the Grace of God go you or I in the midst of unfolding tragedies around the world –
Thanks Susan. The world felt very small as those words came to me in that poem. We are all connected.
Thanks Simon – for reminding us of all the horrors the world is experiencing just now – natural or man-made … too awful. Well done on writing poetry to help you and us make some sense of what is happening … it’s a sad world right now – yet we can do things … the WAWTB let’s us know about other ways – cheers Hilary
I agree Hilary. WATWB is helping us all to see and hear more deeply. It is a great gift to our lives, particularly in the face of world tragedies that may be far yet seem so near and dear to us.
Prayers for those who lost their lives and yet many more prayers for those who ate struggling with the losses on their lives.