This Poem was Submitted By: Daniel Gerber On Date: 2002-05-13 05:38:58 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Babylon

"A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out"      - Isaiah 42:2-4 ( ~500 BCE ) I wandered through a barren land I knew not whence or where The old men only had visions The young they dreamed their dreams Their sons and daughters prophesied of things that mattered naught The battered reeds they'd often break the smoldering wicks snuffed out As justice faltered, discouraged shouts raised up in the streets The poor they always had with them Not peace, but yet a sword And as the cymbals and the harps began to cease to play How could I sing the All is good or praise life with a dance How could I sing a song of hope of love or joy or peace in a strange and foreign land?

Copyright © May 2002 Daniel Gerber

Additional Notes:
This poem contains several quotes from, and allusions to, the Hebrew Scriptures around the time of the exhile.


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