The Focus of Our Rage - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

The requited anger
the focus of our rage
bin Laden gone,
buried in the water
in a watery grave
A hollow feeling
across the radio dial
person after person
speaking, wailing, railing
more on the hurting
the wounds reopened
no healing, no true resolution
by the death of the focus
a world’s rage unrequited
by the death of terror
in the streets near Islamabad

May 2, 2011
Death of Osama bin Laden
and remembering the al Qaeda terrorism of
September 11, 2011
&
“Where does Pain Go?”
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/safiyah-fosua/where-does-pain-go/10150234812484274
by Safiyah Fosua
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=719089081
on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:01pm
&
“A Prayer for Friends and Enemies”,
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/safiyah-fosua/a-prayer-for-friends-and-enemies/10150234385434274
by Safiyah Fosua
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=719089081
on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 10:33am
&
sermon, “We Lawyers Are Good For Something”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/sermon-we-lawyers-are-good-for.html
based on Luke 10:25-37
by Raymond A. Foss, Esq.
July 15, 2007
Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH
(with bulletin inserts of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda terrorists)

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