Tempus Fugit, Humanitarian Statement/Sympathy Options

[Peterpan]

1st Revision with thanks to Dennis, duetsdove, Nina, Psyche and Eisa

Tempus Fugit

Speedily -
we flew home
over treetops and
snow topped peaks.
Effortlessly
high over misery,
grief and fear.
I imagined we saw
into distant windows:
newborn swaddled
in departed mother's gown;
a teenager rocking with neurological pain;
father’s skin stretched over his skull,
his eyes hang in large sockets.

AIDS-
taking more victims.

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Original Poem

Tempus Fugit

Speedily -
we flew steadily home
over treetops,
snow topped peaks.
We planed, effortlessly,
high over misery,
grief and fear.
I imagined we saw
into distant windows:
newborn swaddled
in departed mother's gown;
a teenager rocking with neurological pain;
father’s skin stretched over his skull,
his eyes hang in large sockets.

AIDS-
taking more victims.



Copyright 2006 Beverleigh Gail Annegarn


Dear Reader~

We recently spent time at our holiday home in Natal, South Coast of South Africa, we flew home to Jhb in our Cessna, 9000 feet above sea level. It is an amazing experience to look out of the window and see/imagine life happening below. Natal has a high incidence of AIDS deaths every year. The stats are clouded/inconclusive because no individual dies of 'Aids', the final demise is from: pneumonia, TB, heart failure or organ failure. (The family also want to preserve dignity.) This poem is dedicated to the ones that have died from AIDS and the beloved persons left behind. Please, may Africa become more educated.

PP