Scaling

[upsetmyheart]

I flew over Afghanistan in a black hawk yesterday morning...I was armed and aiming just in case.  We were flying through the most dangerous valley in this country.  Little boys tending cattle ran around and waved; thumbs-up to their American friends...Then I saw them.  The men of this country.  I saw black turbans and weapons and eyes...

i flew over

Comments

[anastaziaeliz]

Hmm, this makes me so sad and angry. It's a beautiful poem.

Friend-ing you!

[upsetmyheart]

thank you. i wasn't sure about this; it's hard to write of something that angers me so much.

yay! friend me!

Emotive

[journalfriend]

Wow,
Your entry is emotive
and I'm sure your situation is far more so
You write with power
and I will pray for your safety
Journal Friend

Re: Emotive

[upsetmyheart]

i thank you so much for that. prayers are welcome and appreciated from the depths of my heart.

[blackblackberry]

I'm so familiar with this kind of life…so patriarchal so primitive so stupid…Makes me so angry….
I'm glade you wrote about this it's a great poem…
keep up with the good work!

[upsetmyheart]

yes, the chauvinism is seeping from every crevice here. very patriarchal. it's frustrating and suffocating and frightening many times.

thank you for the comment and the compliment.

[autumnsea]

I abhor the patriarchal system. You captured this so well, the deep hot feeling and even the need to lash out at such an unnecessary system of life.

where are the women
of this country?
...
are they allowed to cry?
laugh?
argue?
i see you for what you are:
a warlord
masquerading as a saint.

Powerful and my favourite part.

[upsetmyheart]

i'm so frustrated all the time when trying to explain to another how it is here. i wish this portrayed it better...you just have to see it to know...but i'm trying to show it for what it is. thank you for the comments once again. :)

[ryandl]

Written with a lot of power. I have so many questions about the situation in Afghanistan, I wouldn't even know where to begin.

[upsetmyheart]

thanks randl. and, please, ask anytime. i didn't come here to be secretive about abything.