Why are you so silent?
When your countrymen continue to scream in great pain, Behind the bars with broken bones.
Why are you so silent?
When the monasteries and nunneries are destroyed and demolished down to ashes.
Why are you so silent?
When the forests are fired and trees cut down to Timbers in great number.
Why are you so silent?
When the monks and nuns in great numbers are forcibly evicted from their institutions.
Why are you so silent?
When the singers and writers are imprisoned for speaking out the injustice imposed upon them.
Why are you so silent?
When they mined minerals out of the mountains and made a whole lot of holes in the Himalayas.
Why are you so silent?
When they installed eyes on every street pole and watched you pee and peep in deep silence.
Why are you so silent?
When the rivers and rivulet are controlled by building dams after dams.
By Sonsnow
Silent Songs of Sonsnow 
Such a beautiful and poignant question!
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PS I mean today’s 24 December post!
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Lovely poem. Deeply touching.
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Thank you for the support. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance. May the new year bring good health and Happiness in abundance.
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Yes, why are we so silent? Sending courage and Love to you and your people ♥
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Thank You Leya. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year in advance.
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Been a while since you posted! Great poem! It deserves to be shared many a time! I wish others would feel such passion! Why is the world so indifferent to the plight of others???
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Extend my sincere gratitude and thanks for keeping eye on my updates. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance. May the new year bring you a good health and Happiness in abundance. Hope we will see more and more people raise their voice for the voiceless innocent Tibetans who continues to suffer under the Chinese oppressive policies inside Tibet.
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Powerful! Good for you! Cheers, Muriel
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The right question, you enlighten it perfectly 👍👍 Thanks for following Thought Fountain 🤗🤗🤗
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Thank you for going through it, wishing you a happy new year, and may you find good health and happiness in abundance in the coming years.
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Bless you for speaking the sorrowful truth.
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Thank You for going through it. Happy New Year in advance.
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Wow, that was beautiful!
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Thank You for reading it. Wishing YOu a Happy New Year in advance.
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Thank you, and you as well! Stay safe!
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I am praying for you and your people.
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Thank You, wishing you a happy new year.
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Very poignant questions. Sadly man has chosen have to be silent and close his eyes, to all the wrong that is going on in the world today.
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Thank YOu for going through it. Hope we will find a better world, where no one has to suffer under oppression and occupation.
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So many unanswered questions that we all ask at different moments in life.
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We have to protect our world 🌍☺️🙏
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This is so powerfully expressed. Why are we so silent when all these anomalies occur? Amazing!! Keep writing. Thanks for your following. I’m glad to connect.
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Thank You for going through and gives time to write back. Wishing you all luck, good health and happiness in abundance. Hope this year would be different in many ways.
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Many thanks to you for your kind wishes. Wishing you happiness and prosperity too.
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You’ve given us much to think on and hopefully turn into action. Also, I like your quote at the beginning,”I have enough time to rest but I don’t have a minute to waste”. Thank you for choosing to follow my blog. May it be a blessing to you.
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Thank You for going through my blog and taking the time to write back.
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Profound! The message runs so deep.
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Thank You!
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Such a deep poem. Very passionate and soulful. We need more such questions like this. It is time for the world to stop being silent and you expressed it in such a meaningful way. Thank you!
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Hope the world will stand and speak up for those who are colonised and oppressed.
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Thank You for going through it.
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We have to protect our world for the future generations 🌍
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Hi, thanks so much for following my blog, your blog is so awesome and so I will follow yours too. Have a great day! Betty
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Yet we all are yet silent, we speak on non conspicuous issues but not this, why
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Hope more and more people will speak out about this issue.
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Once met tenzin tsundue at McLeod ganj. He explained a lot to me about the Tibetan problem. Sad.
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You have met the right person from the right place.
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When will we see the result?
Still war is going on!
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Thank you for speaking out.
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Thank you for going through it.
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Such a poignant and powerful poem Sonam! Thanks for sharing. Have a great week.
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Thank You! You too have a great week and stay safe amidst the pandemic.
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What profound questions. The Chinese invasion of Tibet has long troubled me too.
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Thanks for taking time away from your writing to visit my blog!
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Passionate and heartfelt words! I too believe in speaking out against any injustice I see. But as I grow older, I have begun to wonder – does it do any good? I’m talking about private lives, not public ones. I have found that the moment I start arguing with someone, they harden their stance. It becomes, in fact, counter productive. I’d like to learn from the Dalai Lama how to initiate a peaceful discussion!
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Thanks for taking your time out to read my poem, and writing me back.
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Beautiful 💞
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Thak You!
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Thank you for this beautiful poem. And thank you for not remaining silent. Wish you all the best.
Rachel
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Thank You for your encouraging word and wishing you the same.
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Thank you
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A challenge to all of us to speak out against injustice everywhere! Well done.
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Thank You!
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Awesome, heart touching and soul stirring poem. Beautifully penned. Well done!
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Thank you Aparna Ji
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Beautiful!
Keep up the good work.
– ed
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Thank You so much!
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“Being *silent* is having many things *&*values to expound on
when the time is right to reveal your truths *&* solutions
making the world a safe and fair place to live in in peace.”_-Van Prince
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Thank You for the support.
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I was glad I was of help. Thank you!
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Why are so many of us silent indeed? As citizens of the world we need to ensure justice and truth in all things especially when it comes to the fate of your people. Powerful poetry from the heart.
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Thank You for the support. May justice be prevailed for long and Truth be victorious ever-after.
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I really like this. Thank you for following me. I truly appreciate your support!
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Thank You!
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Such powerful lines which touch on so much suffering and destruction. If these events are taking place in your country, I pray that people will awaken and prevent these losses. Beautifully worded and constructed lines.
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Thank you for going through it and taking the time to write about the sufferings of the Tibetans in Tibet under the Chinese colonial rule.
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Sonam, as I read this, I kept thinking of the current War. in Ukraine. Many people are doing and saying all they can. I hope it is enough to bring peace.
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May this War End soon and peace Prevail on Earth.
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Very powerful questions…that fall on everyone…no one escapes..
I pray for peace…!
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Thank You!
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Territorial expansion on the back of a powerful army is the only game in town. Unfortunately. Despite all societies calling themselves peace-loving. Laughable. Nobody steps back. And we the people egg on our political leaders.
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In our silence aren’t we complicit!? A very powerful activist piece.
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Yes, we are complicit in covering up the CCP’s crime against humanity.
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Genuine question ⁉️
Who will Bell the cat 😺?
Human kind is not kind.
Plants, animals are becoming in the state of extinction.
Sixth extinction will be of human being the human being.
You have raised the point🤚
Who will come forward?
I have heard that Bhutan is the country who is number one in the world in keeping the environment in best condition 🙂
Thank you so much for your post. It will open our eyes 🙂🙏
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Thank you for the follow. Blessings
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Such an incredible poem. Poignant and touching. Certainly a question for the masses – break the silence!
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Thank You for going throught it.
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I had the enormous privilege to visit Tibet in 1986. An experience I shall never forget. What happened to your people is heart-breaking, tragic. In the small way I am able, I will always support Free Tibet. Blessings.
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Thank you for your support. May the justice prevail and truth be victorious.
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Soul shaking. I appreciate you vividly painting in words the battle wounds and scars lived by your people and nation and hope healing come your way. 💟
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Thank You for going through it and taking time to encourage me.
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