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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2004-07-26 02:31 AM



Dip your brushes deeper
into the inkwell of life and death,
let truth spill out upon the page,
for even as the world does rage
and wail and scream
you must capture the truth
as you see it,
even when the sights are ghastly and gritty,
for nothing about war is pretty

so the art of death cannot focus on fancy flowers
or one might want to believe
there is justification
for killing innocents.

There is not.

Did you notice the ‘period’
at the end of the last sentence?


© Copyright 2004 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
iliana
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1 posted 2004-07-26 03:01 AM


You are right, Kacy.....this is a hard one for me, but I will be working on it....give me a few days.  Your challenge is bound to meet with many replies because I'm sure there's no one here who doesn't deplore what's happening in the world!  I'll email you when I get it together, okay?
passing shadows
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2 posted 2004-07-26 03:35 AM


you are so full of heart
Susan
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3 posted 2004-07-26 09:23 AM


Ah, would that change could shift the winds.  Well written.

  susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

LeeJ
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4 posted 2004-07-26 10:34 AM


notice much more then that...your distinct loyalty to mankind is most evident.  
Midnitesun
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5 posted 2004-07-26 08:44 PM


Thanking each of you, for tossing me flowers to bury the effects of the other stuff.
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