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Street Heart Member
since 2002-09-05
Posts 349Pennsylvania,USA 
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In ages old,but woe not so forgotten like yellowed pages locked within museum rooms Wars spurred by greed,the heighth of social degradation burst forth through time like spectres exiled from their tombs KEEP WATCH-the narrow margin ever narrows disclaiming Peace...its virtues scattered to the soil A crimson tide unleashed ignoring any curfue is lapping at our shores and slowly brought to boil Within these borders pealed a shining bell called Freedom Have we forgotten that this Melting Pot is here? The hatred for our own is nullifying Eden and anything we built this country on,I fear But somehow Faith and Grace will win the final battle When ev'ry knee shall bend is when the killing ends Until then,the Tempest toils 'til windows rattle to break the silence of our ever being friends August 21,1995 I wrote this after my 2nd time of living on the streets.Things were looking better for me,yet my eyes were always turned to what was happening within this precarious world of ours.I spent a number of years involved with various organizations that were supposedly meant to better our neighborhoods,to unite our peoples of many cultures, and to gather our voices together in Peace against those many forces that seem to be bent on violence,making money off that violence and/or just in it for whatever money or Power they could gain at the cost of the everyday "You and Me",stuggling to survive. I was amazed,of course stunned,as the rest of the world was,when 9/11 occured.As the days went by after the "unthinkable",my mind went to this writing.I always wondered at our presumption that these acts of inhumanity only happened in other places.Yet,I felt when I wrote this that one day our arrogance would be put to the test,that our supposed "might" would be penetrated,our Achilles heel would be found. A person on the street often finds that they hold a unique perspective as to how the world treats the vulnerable,the downtrodden.My myriad times exactly a year before and on through March of 2001 at the World Trade Center (as I had written about in the writing I presented here entitled,"9/11/00),had shown me many things at that crossroad for millions.What is it going to take for so many to "Wake up" and start reaching out and treating others with true compassion...only when their own "Security" is jeopardy? [This message has been edited by Street Heart (11-02-2002 05:21 PM).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
This is so well done. I hope you have found somewhere fitting to which you can submit this for publication. Your voice is needed in these times sir. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
You write from a different perspective than I. I was jolted out of a nice, comfortable, warm bed. But I think we have reached the same conclusion. We are proven not to be nvulnerable and we must be doing something wrong to be so hated. I hope we find the answer before it is too late. Hope you sleep in a nice warm bed tonight. Joyce |
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