12132 A Small Tribute to those who have suffered.

[I][SIZE=3][B]WE ARE ITALY AND WE CARE[/B][/SIZE]
[B][SIZE=2]Raymond J Warren[/SIZE][SIZE=3]
[/SIZE][SIZE=2]Brisbane 2009[/SIZE][SIZE=3]
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[B]Did you see the earth rolling, along the valley fair[/B]
[B]The ancient dust arising, from the wonders that were there?[/B]
[B]Did you hear church bells pealing, as the shaking came anew[/B]
[B]And the house dogs barking loud, for they understood and knew.[/B]

[B]Did you hear the earth screaming, like a thunder overhead,[/B]
[B]Did you see the buildings littered with the dying and the dead?[/B]
[B]Did you see the diggers digging, moving blocks with all their might [/B]
[B]Did you watch the searchlights burning in the darkness of the night?[/B]

[B]Can you hear the men hard yelling, as they find a new one there,[/B]
[B]Can you hear them all grow quiet? For "there's a child under there"![/B]
[B]Do you hear the mother calling as she digs her house alone,[/B]
[B]“Where’s my baby have you seen her, I don't care about my home!”

Do you know that sinking feeling of the loss and loneliness,[/B]
[B]As you stand before your once proud home and feel the emptiness.[/B]
[B]Do you know that heartache, at your loved one's vacant stare?[/B]
[B]Do tears come to your reddened eyes, for the memories stolen there?[/B]

[B]Can you hear the cry of death go up, to meet the dawning sky,
Of fathers with their children gone and a mother's mournful sigh.
And those who search the rubble, for loved ones lying there,[/B][B]
With tear streaks down a dusty face and a broken heart laid bare.

But please don’t worry strong, there is something you should know, [/B][B]
We can’t bring back your loved ones, or the tokens for to show.[/B][B]
But we can share your pain, for our hearts we now lay bare.[/B][B]
Lay your head upon our breast, we are Italy and we care.[/B][/I]