<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384155" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Landmines and Amputees</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">From Angola to Cambodia<br>from Mozambique to Bosnia<br>from Afghanistan to Iraq and Iran<br>from Egypt, Kuwait to Somalia, <br>we are the amputees, the living witness, <br>to the ghosts of war.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why are landmines<br>planted in the soil of our existence -<br>in our farms, in our parks, <br>in our forests and playgrounds, <br>in all the sacred corners<br>of our lives? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why are they planted<br>to betray our freedom<br>to take away our trust<br>in the soil of our existence<br>to steal away our innocense<br>and laughter and<br>to transform our days and nights<br>into screams of pain and horror? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">How many Dianas will come and visit us? <br>How many Ottawa Conventions<br>should be signed? <br>How many Nobel Peace Prize winners<br>should be named<br>before our soil of existence<br>can be declared<br>as safety zones? <br>How many more wars should men<br>in the world create<br>to agonize<br>our spirits and bodies?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Elizabeth+Padillo+Olesen">Elizabeth Padillo Olesen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384155" data-title="Landmines and Amputees de Elizabeth Padillo Olesen" data-description="From Angola to Cambodia from Mozambique to Bosnia from Afghanistan to Iraq and Iran from Egypt, Kuwait to Somalia, we are the amputees, the living witness, to the ghosts of war. Why are landmines planted in the soil of our existence - in our fa..."></div> </div> </div>

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