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For Evil To Triumph
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For Evil To Triumph |
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Krissy Senior Member
since 2002-02-22
Posts 556kent England |
For Evil To Triumph Why should we bother its not our fight Meanwhile hearts are shattered Splattered with the blood of innocence Tell that to the child who sobs The tears of fear falling In rivers of torment Tell that to the woman Who lies alone waiting For the return of her soul This isn't your fight so turn away Refuse to help again Why should we send our boys there? Meanwhile the clouds of sorrow gather The fear that stalks the land spreads Direction and hope fade Each morning the sun rises on a land Wracked with horror The sky is open Pain rains down In an unending torrent But its not our fight so turn away Refuse to see the need again Why should we help this isn't our problem Meanwhile truth lies twisted and torn Across a land littered with hate The rivers run with the blood Of the innocent Tell the mother who has watched her Last child die in agony Tell that to the man who Lies dying in utter despair Watching all he owned taken from him Why should we help? It isn't out problem We aren't responsible for this land When does this become our fight? The day the fire fell from our sky The day they bought it To our doorstep We should have fought the evil We should have prevented this But we didn't because it wasn't Our fight. We know better now Every single time evil walks anywhere It is our fight Every time innocence is killed By the evil of war It is our fight Every time truth is betrayed It is our fight Real peace can only come If we realise that evil walks here And cannot be allowed to grow Peace and harmony can only be When evil is destroyed It is necessary only for good people To do nothing for evil to triumph Edmund Burke 1729 -97 Irish born Whig politician Krissy And while thy willing soul transpiers at every pore with instant fires Andrew Marvell 1621-1678 [This message has been edited by Krissy (09-10-2002 06:57 PM).] |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Krissy~ You are a dear and thoughtful person~ This is just lovely, hon~ Bless you~ ~*~ I was so thankful when your mother called to tell me you were okay~ You had a guardian angel riding with you my dear~  Love you, Crash~  *Huggers* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
Krissy, this is well said, and very true. But not so easy to implement, you know. Nan(Pilgrim variety) |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
Very well said Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Words of wisdom from someone so young... Thanks for sharing, Krissy... and I'm so glad you are okay after that accident...  ~ chipmunky hugsLyra |
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A. L. Becker Member
since 2002-09-06
Posts 167San Francisco, California |
Krissy, you should be proud of your nation's long history of NOT saying "its not our fight" and standing victorious against evil (sometimes standing alone). Your poem is truly appreciated! Annika:- "Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
My wonderful and beautiful Krissy, how lucky I am to have given birth to you. When your head was born but the rest had yet to appear you were screaming at that precise moment. Paul waited a good five mins before he sort of sighed and went straight to sleep, you however made sure everyone knew you had arrived. The doctor cleaned you up as they tend to do, and then handed you not to me who’d struggled to give birth to you for endless hours but to your father. (Who had by this point come around from the fainting fit and was now upright though a little groggy) And you took one myopic look at him and screamed even louder, not knowing what to do he handed you to me, and I looked at your red and screwed up face and fell totally under your spell. This rather long-winded and rambling tale which you’ve heard in parts but never all, is simply to tell you darling heart. I am as proud of you and your ability to share your heart now as I was proud of your first breath. As I say I am lucky. Having you in my life is a gift and I thank you for it. By the way my darling child, you can now cease writing so well, it really is unseemly to upstage your mother. Nor is it necessary to be so good at free verse. I forgive you only because you are you xxxxx  Love and warm stuff as always Mum   Breathe through the heat of our desire |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
That was the perfect quote that you selected for the end of this important message of yours---which, by the way, was very well done! Earth Angel |
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