FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

Zeitgeistlyrik CHANNEL CROSSING (Satis Shroff) Dreams have turned into nightmares, Where moral has been destroyed. When people contemplate suicide, Than suffer at the hands Of the IS or the Taliban. The children tell you tales Of Dads who never returned. Bombed dwellings, Doors with bullet-holes. Will we ever find compassion, Understanding and tolerance Out in the west? We face prejudice and hatred Towards the poor and destitute In the rich west. We have turned into pawns For the politicians in White Russia, European countries and Poland. They push us here and there In their borders. Walls created with bared-wire To keep refugees out. The children tell you tales Of Dads who never returned. Bombed dwellings, Doors with bullet-holes. Incessant vigilant armed patrols, Heat sensors around railway tracks. The official routes are closed. Priti Patel, a politician of Indian descent, Discusses who is a genuine asylum seeker And who is an economic migrant. We are fleeing persecution And...

O, EUROPA: migration blues (Satis Shroff) Pic Courtesy: pixaby SWALLOWED BY THE SEA (Satis Shroff) Lost in the Mediterranean, I, a passenger, on my way to Mother Europe, Was swallowed by the sea. A ship left Al Khoms, 120 km east of Tripolis, On board 250 people seeking asylum. Why a passage across the Mediterranean? There is no safer way, Out of the outlet Libya. What remains afloat Are rubber and plastic trappings, The relict of a boat, Sans humans on the waves A hundred souls are feared drowned, 34,196 risked their lives, Trying to reach Europe by sea. Is death by drowning Not a reason for asylum? Lost in the Mediterranean I, a passenger, on my way to Mother Europe, Swallowed by the deep sea. Lost in the Mediterranean, I, a passenger, on my way to Mother Europe, Swallowed by the sea. Desperate and vulnerable, Homeless in captivity. Detention camps and human smuggler...