IS IT FOR FREEDOM?

Dos días después del aniversario de Hiroshima y a horas de Nagasaki ninguna de las lecturas en las que me refugié para buscar las nuevas reflexiones sobre estos eventos fue suficiente. En el 2010 mi pequeño ritual en honor a todas las víctimas de las primeras dos bombas nucleares no encontraba consuelo. Así que decidí buscar y encontrar una poesía. Y la poesía me llevó al jardín donde la lucha y el amor se juntan.


adjunto la letra
by Sara Thompsen

Is It For Freedom?

Rulers of the nations as you fuss and fight

Over who owns this or that and who has the right

To design, build, sell and store and fire

All the bombs and guns to defend your holy empire

There are children hungry, children sick and dying
There are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers crying
They’re only pawns in your play of power and corruption
Slowly starve them, your new weapon of mass destruction

And prove to me, America, that you care

And prove to me, America, you’re aware

Who’s dying for your freedom in this land

Who pays the cost for the liberties you demand

Is it for freedom, or our comfort and convenience
Is it to profit for big business we pledge our allegiance
Are we prisoners in the land of the brave and the bold?
Held by indifference or hearts grown hard and cold (refrain)

Children of the world, you have the right
To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight
As the innocent die you rulers carry the shame
And if we stand idly by we share in the blame

And oh, America, do we care
Oh, America, are we aware
Who’s dying for our comfort in this land
Who pays the cost for the convenience we demand?

Children of the world, you have the right
To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight