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A poem by Teresinka

MALAYSIA PLANE

March 7th 2014

Silent terrorism

took victims to the bottom of the sea.

We are astonished and hurting

with the families of passengers

and the crew of the fatal Boeing 370

which was supposed to fly from

Malaysia to Beijing.

May they have died sleeping and now

rest in the waters of the Indian Ocean.

However I keep thinking

of another terrorist plane sent

by the United States of America

which tragic anniversary will

be remembered August 6th and 9th;

and the atomic bomb launched

on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945

killing instantly more than 140,000 people.

69 years after that act of terrorism

from one country against the people

of another country, innocent victims

are still dying from the effects

of the radiation.

We should not compare, but

I am still thinking

because it is impossible to forget.

TERESINKA PEREIRA