I mourn the death of Jamal Khashoggi

he was speaking truth to power

he is dead now

I mourn the disappearance and death of journalists

who tried to uncover the misuse of power

they have been silenced

I mourn the death of six million jewish people

they just were easy scapegoats for power

you know what happened to them

I mourn the absence of ethics and decency in the halls of power

it is a sign of our times, the end of days

we better fear what happens then

I mourn the fact that power seems to go along with corruption too many times

it is a great loss for the world

because power could be

power to do good

for the world

and since i am at it (the mourning)

I mourn the death of coral reefs of the world’s oceans

they can not be replaced

once gone

its over

I mourn the mass extinction of species of the animal and plant kingdom

we humans are the cause of the alarming rate

in which biodiversity is reduced

and our ecosystems

are diminished

I mourn the loss empathy with displaced people

when they have lost their home to war

or tire economic conditions

they have nothing

I mourn the lack of time

that is the signature of the fast paced civilization today

If we don’t take time to think, to reflect and to share our concerns

we will never act as one

we will never save

our world

And what then?

ps:

Definition: of mourn

1: to feel or express grief or sorrow

2: to show the customary signs of grief for a death

3: to murmur mournfully

Synonyms of mourn:

bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve (for), lament, wail (for)

pps:

The Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland in 1976.

The first and third movements are written from the perspective of a parent who has lost a child, and the second movement from that of a child separated from a parent. The dominant themes of the symphony are motherhood and separation through war.