Everybody Wants To Save The World Poem by Ali Rahimi

Everybody wants to save the world,
But nobody wants to help the kid do the homework!
Everybody wants to salvage human beings,
But nobody wants to help the lonely weak old guys,
Perishing sadly in nursery homes,
Living in coffins! Living in Hades, in Sheol,
Living in the underworld, the helmets of darkness,
They want to go home, die in their homes,
Everybody cries out insight, and knowledge,
But nobody wants to pay students’ tuition fees,
Yes sweetheart, jobless hangovers! Discarded after abuse,
Everybody lives in ivory towers, pretty dreams,
Yes, just ignore harsh daily realities of life,
Flirt with your figments of imagination,
Colorful pigments of a façade of bliss and elation,
Everybody talks of nature and global warming,
Globalization, antiterrorism, world banks, IMF,
But nobody spares a penny to haggard street beggars,
Everybody talks vehemently about human rights, and equality,
But nobody helps liberal, brave girls,
Killed, stoned terribly for ‘’honor’’, dogma and prejudice,
Who cares for female genital mutilation?
This is barbarism, a beastly ferocious atrocity,
Kids abused brutally, targets of offenses, or living in slums,
Reeking of sweat, garbage, and human waste,
With the stench of garbage moving in the air.
Everybody brags of ethics and morality,
Yes, there is a lot of shouting, ranting, pontification,
Blowing trumpets of virtue and chastity,
Mantras and sloganeering,
But nobody punishes real thugs, dangerous criminals,
Spreading indecency, and unscrupulous viciousness,
Everybody wants to salvage mankind,
But nobody hinders violence and aggression,
Inflicted upon the weak powerless souls,
Everybody holds the banner of freedom,
But nobody releases prisoners cramped together, tortured to death,
In dungeons of torment and suffering,
Becoming lab rats for biological weapons, anthrax, bomb testing,
In Diyarbakır Prison, El Rodeo, Guatire, Camp 22, or Giatrama,
In “hells on Earth”, in most brutal shitholes, virtual hellholes,
Some inmates just trying to put food on their tables, feed and water their families,
Or refugees fighting for bread and butter, or a slice of liberty,
Everybody claims intellectuality, fairness and wisdom,
Yes, every body is a Metis, wise and prudent,
But swallowed by racism, sexism, xenophobia,
Yes, a zero tolerance attitude supporting,
Sadistic forbidding ideas and practices,
At the end of the day, every cloud has a silver lining,
Truth shall prevail, justice shall reign, light will govern,
Shadow, darkness, despair shall be rooted out,
Human race shall get what they rightfully deserve,
Everybody wants to save the world …