Angel wing's flutter engaged me.
Heavenly harps played for me.
Celestial music hypnotized me.
Godly words sensitized me.
Choruses sang faster.
Preachers preached louder.
That message got stronger
Heaven's stories got longer.
Christians preached to me
Hindus bowed to me.
Buddhists accepted me.
But this world was just like me.
Preferring ego, war and strife.
Shutting out messages it doesn't like.
Asking for weapons causing nuclear strikes.
Never asking what went wrong,
When war brought home a damaged son,
Humanity's destruction personally done.
So heaven's songs never sung.
In the ear that never listened.
Vera Sidhwa
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ear-that-never-listened/
