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WindWalker
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since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218


0 posted 2006-10-03 08:40 PM


In small waves
they first came,
afraid...begging

testing the waters
and the shores
of a new land
then more came
and more
Locusts
swarming, spreading
up and down
the seashore they went
taking freely
whatever they found.

There were others
already there
whose passage
left no trace
no destruction
no pain Pagans
whose lack of faith
in a God of love
caused them to care
to love to maintain
a good earth for those
following behind --
doing as had their forebears
for thousands of years before

The locusts
tired of the seashore
depleted its resources
looked West:
a land of dreams

endless
in possibilities
of vast untapped resources
whose humanoid population
with pagan religions
barbarian speech
immoral dress
dark pigmentation

defied propriety
God's righteous decree
that all humanity be
white-skinned
or have no claim
to the earth...

--Heard
the trumpet call
to Jericho
and genocide
repeating biblical history
to inherit the blessing of God
in their promised land
and bless them, He has:
with violence and bloodshed
with hate and fear
with slavery to self
with money and power
to buy and to sell
(everything!)

with the   ‘exalted’
distinction
of becoming the prime movers
of the destruction of earth
and all that is in it!

"...In Thy Holy Name, O God
we shall destroy..."
sang the hordes of locusts
trampling the prairie grass
in pagan blood.

© Copyright 2006 Sharran WindWalker - All Rights Reserved
seraphin
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since 2000-09-24
Posts 1004
Michigan
1 posted 2006-10-03 08:47 PM


The real pity is, this is accurate.


Beautifully written. Uncontrived, succinct when one considers the true scope. I liked this a great deal.

Sandra

Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
2 posted 2006-10-03 08:49 PM


And Oh, how big they grow.

You've done a great job here,
with layers and layers of meaning.

Not an easy job...

but you did it with what seems apparent ease.

Thank you!


The Lady
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634
The Southwest
3 posted 2006-10-03 11:20 PM





amazing WindWalker

the meanings...


marcel
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since 2003-03-02
Posts 660
az, usa
4 posted 2006-10-05 12:25 PM


makes me want to dust off my bible...eye opener for sure....strong and passionately written.
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