a backwash is felt
the backwash from other lands

there are troubles
in lands afar
which shall affect
us in some way
the backwash reaches us
each and everyday

the constant barrage
of armory being used in foreign lands
machine guns and tracer rounds
in war mongers hands
terrorists
parading
a
national from different
land's shore
to be beheaded
which leave a grieving sore

the starvation
which is ever present
in the lands where the soils
bring forth few spoils

though we are remote
in our own lands
we feel the events
that are ongoing
in those many overseas lands

the backwash is a reminder
to us all
that the rest of the world
isn't isolated
by an unfeeling
wall