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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2008-04-17 12:28 PM

Why can we not achieve peace?
Why are we so obsessed with war –
with remembering war,
planning war, waging war?
We know all war accomplishes
is the killing of innocent people;
we know war destroys the environment;
we know war has never led to peace.

In my mind, I hear a voice whisper:
“Peace is not the absence of war:
it is an “absolute”
it denotes total lack of motion;
Life in 3-D equals movement,
thought, followed by action
therefore no peace can be achieved here.

Any movement creates conflict:
waves crashing into other waves
to the very edge of infinity!
Instead of reasoning “peace”
it would serve better to speak of
“degrees of conflict”
which conflicts we can live with;
which we cannot.

This is the way
to balance and harmony
(in real life!)
a simple exercise
that has the power
to end the need for war...
forever.”

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2008-04-17 12:43 PM

WindWalker~
Ah, if it were only possible~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
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Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

2 posted 2008-04-17 12:55 PM

With best wish. very good poem again.

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

3 posted 2008-04-17 04:33 PM

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"therefore no peace can be achieved here.

Any movement creates conflict:
waves crashing into other waves
to the very edge of infinity!
Instead of reasoning “peace”
it would serve better to speak of
“degrees of conflict”
which conflicts we can live with;
which we cannot"  A concept worth pondering, is peace truly possible considering the nature of humanity. Pleasure reading.
sharyn

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

4 posted 2008-04-18 07:37 AM

Unfortunately, the human species has proven to be
the one 'fatal blot' on Gaia's evolutionary record...
fully capable of making itself 'extinct' and taking
most all else with it [except perhaps bugs and
germs (and possibly the Romance fiction writers)
that seem to be virtually unavoidable and indestructible]

[sorry about the joke nested above!]

serious applause for this effective 'penning!'

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