And It Goes On

Emotions Run High
Originally uploaded by commonroman.

And so it continues
The shedding of blood
Of innocent lives
And we do nothing
And children die in the fire
And mothers cry and mourn
For their little ones
And we do nothing
And brothers are torn to peices
And sisters are violated
And we do nothing
And fathers are gunned down
Or chopped into
And we do nothing
And the slaughter continues
The bloodiest of all slaughter
Continues
And we do nothing
And it goes on
And it goes on
And it goes on

Michele L. Langlo

A Glimmer Of Hope

Today, the Associated Press reported that Ghana was elected to chair the African Union over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.

Al-Bashir was to be elected president, but the deal rode on the the promise that he would aid peace in Darfur. While a peace agreement was signed in May of 2006, violence has only escalated. Al-Bashir has repeatedly refused UN Peacekeepers to aid the burdened AU troops who are met with contempt by many of the factions involved.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon strongly urged that African leaders end the deadlock that has prevented much needed assistance from UN peacekeeping forces. It appears that perhaps the African heads of state may be open to such action. President John Kufuor of Ghana was elected to chair the African Union by consensus vote.

Michele L. Langlo

Darfur and Beyond - Council on Foreign Relations

Darfur and Beyond - Council on Foreign Relations

So Tell Me

Today in Darfur
Originally uploaded by Life in Africa.

So tell me, what will be the cost
When this is over, of all the lives lost
To a kind of violence too horrible to describe
Too atrocious to dream
Too sickening to ponder

And tell me, how does one
Rid themselves of the feeling
Of being overwhelmed by nausia
And the feeling of being drained
Of one's blood that ensues
That causes one's face
To wear the look of death

And tell me, what happens
To the million or so children left behind
Who will carry with them
The memories of mothers
And fathers, sisters
And brothers
Lost to a bloody slaughter
Too evil to forget

Tell me, what do we do
About them, these little ones
Who tremble in the night

Michele L. Langlo

Her Ravaged Heart

Her downcast eyes
Say it all
The sadness she has seen
Has been too much
It has taken a toll
Too great for words
To tell
Her sad resolve
Is but a shield
To hide her ravaged heart
How I long
To give her love
To comfort her
With a mother's embrace
How I long
To bring her home
Where she may know peace

Michele L. Langlo

Take action and stop the genocide. Visit http://www.unicef.org/childalert/darfur/

Give Them Voices

Darfur (Taken by Michael Kamber)
Originally uploaded by .Amir.

Give voice to the children
who are terrified, who tremble
in the darkness

Give voice to the mothers
grieving for their children
lost to the violence of the night

Give voice to the man who lays his
family in their graves

Give voice the tears shed
in anguish, the tears that know
no peace.

Give voice to broken hearts and
souls torn to pieces

And silence the madness

Michele L. Langlo

Save Darfur

save darfur march
Originally uploaded by alanasaurusrex.

You can be involved in bringing peace to a wartorn land where genocide is happening. You can stop the rape of thousands of women and young girls. You can stop the mutilation of men and boys and the slaughter of children.

Please visit http://www.savedarfur.org

and pray.

Little Coffins

Coffins, Kigali
Originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.

There were little coffins, everywhere
For the little bodies lying lifeless
Waiting for committal to the grave
The little bodies left behind
In a senseless war of hate
Where evil rages with vicious intent
And reckless abandon
We vowed each time
It should not happen
But, it is happening again
And we do not stop it!!!
We do not hear the children cry
For mothers and fathers
Whose blood runs crimson red
And covers the streets
I feel my heart pounding hard
As though it would escape
From my chest
And I pray, I beg God
For Divine intervention
And His undying mercy
And for no more little bodies
In little coffins

Michele L. Langlo

How?

Time to Protect: DarfurFast at Georgetown
Originally uploaded by Genocide Intervention Network.

How do we not see?
How do we not cry?
How do we not question
The very heart of humanity?
How do we standy by
While the slaughter happens
And not feel the icy chill
Of our blood running cold?
How do we stare
Into the face of the terrified
Into the face of the horrified
And we ourselves are not mortified?
How do we not reach out
To pull these children
From satan's lair
And rescue them
From men sold to darkness

Michele L. Langlo

Sitting By

Need For Shelter
Originally uploaded by Mocha Club.

How can we sit by and allow this to happen?
How it breaks my heart
How it tears my soul
And fills my eyes with tears
How many more will die today
In a land that knows no peace
Where blood of the innocent
Covers the streets
How I cry out to God
For His divine intervention
For man has not intervened
On his own
Forgive us Father
For we have sinned
We have sinned miserably
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves
We have not loved You with a whole heart
We have not loved the children who lie starving
We have not loved the mother who has been violated
We have not loved the man who was murdered
Who was driven from his home in the black of night
And chopped to pieces in the street
We have not comforted these sick and afflicted
We have not clothed these naked
We have not fed these hungry
We have not given drink to these who thirst
We have not defended these our brothers and our sisters
From the evil that beleaguers them
We do nothing
We let it continue
Oh God, Dear God please have mercy on them
Give them shelter, bring them food and drink for their bodies

Bring the Your Holy Spirit and communion

For their souls

Please have mercy on us
For the sake of Your only, solely righteous Son
Jesus Christ
Forgive us, renew us
That we may delight in Your will
And walk in Your way to the glory
Of Your Holy Name
And rescue these, my brothers and my sisters
In Darfur
Amen

Michele L. Langlo

Closing remarks of self defense

Nelson Mandela
Originally uploaded by annie_w.

"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. "

Nelson Mandela
Rivonia Trial
April 20, 1964

Please contact your senators, congressmen and politicians today. Urge them to put pressure nationally and internationally for the deployment of U.N. Troops to Darfur to put an end to the genocide that is taking thousands of lives.

Visit http://www.savedarfur.org for contact information of politicians throughout the nation.

My Prayer Today For Darfur

Clean water?
Originally uploaded by Mocha Club.

Father
Please bring peace to this wartorn land
Father
Please keep these children safe
Protect them and
Keep them from the hands
Of those who seek their lives
Father
Please give them shelter
From the unthinkable
Atrocities that beleaguer them
Father
Please bring healing
To broken bodies
And gaping wounds
Of ravaged hearts
Father
Bring bread and drink for the body
Bring communion for the soul
Father
Send light
To those on darkened paths
To those who
Have lost their way
And have given way
To sheer and utter madness

Michele L. Langlo

Please visit http://www.lwr.org/emergencies/04/Sudan

Child In The Goz

dsc_0042
Originally uploaded by aheavens.

I saw a child
Ravaged by the crimes of war
And...ooohhh how..I..longed
To take him in my arms
And keep him safe
How I longed to give him back
The love of a mother
That has been so violently
Ripped away from him
By ruthless men with cruel hearts
Bellicose minds
And souls of darkness
For they have sold themselves
To hate and all that is bad
What must his mother wonder
As she stares from the windows
Of Heaven
What will be her prayer
Of intercession to God
For the gift of love He gave her
Her baby boy
Where does she start
And how long does
That list go on
How I long to give
Comfort and tenderness
To the child
For he is alone
In the world, now
My heart anguishes for him
I wish I could go to him
And make him know
He is loved and...
...He is not forgotten!

Michele L. Langlo

Please visit http://www.savedarfur.org today!!!!

...the most evil of all wars will rage where hate is allowed to reign and the most violated of all victims will be the ones most innocent.....

In the last three years, in the wartorn region of Darfur, 400,000 people have lost their lives to hate, prejudice, injustice and utter cruelty. 2.5 Million others have been driven from their homes.

Villages are pillaged and burned to the ground. Men are violently murdered, hacked up, their mutilated bodies thrown into the water systems, rendering the water unfit for consumption. Women are gang raped on a daily basis, and sometimes by more than one gang. Children are forced to watch in terror and then subjected to same horrible atrocities. Disease and starvation are way beyond being out of control and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has called it catastrophic.

But when do we go beyond mere words and take action to help these, our brothers and sisters?

The very thing we vowed should never, ever happen again is happening. Another holocaust.

We must stop it!!!!!!

Visit http://www.savedarfur.org .....and pray!!!!!!!