Talk With Empathy To A Refugee Poem by John Sensele

Talk with empathy to a widow
Whose life turmoil assails
As her mind stares at a window
Through which her ears spy wedding bells.

Talk with love to a street kid
Whose stomach groans with hunger
As his mind plants a surreal seed
That to him signifies his community cares no longer.

Talk with generosity to a retrenchee
Whose despair grows palpable
As his mind searches for a key
To open doors to a stamina stable.

Talk with care to a divorcee
Whose pristine picture poses cranky questions
As her mind swims in an uncertainty sea
To reject sardonic suggestions.

Talk with wisdom to a housewife
Whose husband hastens hysteria
As she pleads for cessation of strife
Alongside gender based violence at her cafeteria.

Talk with sympathy to a refugee
Whose life turns upside down
As he no longer listens to a Fugee
In his refugee camp far from his home town.