avatarCaroline de Braganza

Summary

The web content presents a poignant reflection on the plight of refugees and displaced persons, featuring poetry and songs that articulate their struggles and the global indifference to their suffering.

Abstract

The website content titled "Foundlings of Humanity" delves into the harsh realities faced by refugees and displaced individuals, likening them to discarded objects. It uses evocative poetry to illustrate the cruel irony of societies that preach morality yet abandon these people in their time of need. The text highlights the trauma of those fleeing conflict, such as the Syrian war, and the societal rejection they face. It also touches on the ongoing struggles of Palestinians. The piece calls for empathy and recognition of these individuals' humanity, emphasizing the importance of not forgetting their stories. It concludes with a call to prayer, suggesting a spiritual dimension to the appeal for compassion and action.

Opinions

  • The content criticizes the hypocrisy of societies that advocate for logic and morality yet fail to support those in dire need, leaving behind "the lonely ripples of non-fiction."
  • It condemns the oppression and suffering inflicted upon refugees, including the specific mention of women tortured and raped in Syrian prisons.
  • The piece expresses that refugees are often stripped of their possessions, dignity, and identity, leading to feelings of depression and regression.
  • It points out that despite the global noise, particularly from the pandemic, the lives of millions trying to survive are often ignored.
  • The inclusion of Naia Alkhouri's song "Just Want Home" and the "RUNNING" Refugee Song" serves to give a voice to the displaced, allowing their stories and longing for home to be heard.
  • The content suggests that safe harbors are often out of reach for refugees due to societal exclusion and a lack of acceptance.
  • The final call to prayer implies a moral and perhaps religious obligation to acknowledge and assist those in need.

Poetry

Foundlings of Humanity

Are they jetsam?

Image by Manfred Antrianias Zimmer from Pixabay

Leftovers Discards Life overboard

Logic at the helm Fools at the tiller

Hypocrisy Rides the waves Moral sanctitude Leaves in its wake The lonely ripples Of non-fiction

Oppression Compression Impressions Depression No possessions Regression Aggression

A world of lives Unthere

Trying to find a here

Safe harbors Elude them Exclude them

The noise of the pandemic drowns out the lives of millions trying to survive, still attempting to cross the Mediterranean from Africa, women tortured and raped in Syrian prisons, then rejected by society for the crime of allowing it to happen.

Refugees and displaced persons in their millions.

And what of the Palestinians?

I hear you. I won’t forget you.

First listen to Naia Alkhouri, now living in New Zealand, singing Just Want Home which she wrote when she was 12 years old, speaking to both the Syria war and to the personal situation of missing her grandmother who was in Damascus.

“RUNNING” Refugee Song (World Refugee Project)

Let us pray.

Refugees
Life Lessons
Humanity
Inspiration
Poetry
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