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Open Poetry #43

Pass It On

Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2008-10-15 10:42 AM

PASS IT ON

Before you pass the torch
Be sure the battle has been won -
Don't give up the fighting
After it has been begun.

Be sure that your goal is just -
And that each assault is fair -
Though you may face an enemy
Don't forget to feel and care.

There are some wars can be won
With a shot that's barely heard -
With a broadside or direct hit
Of a well aimed word.

It so sad the torch of peace
Is not the one that is passed on
Instead of that of war and pain
That's burned since humankind’s dawn.

Del "Abe" Jones
Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2008-10-16 03:29 PM

"so sad the torch of peace
Is not the one that is passed on"

EXACTLY! I'll pass the PEACE torch forward from my position, hoping there will be a hand waiting to carry it to another.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-10-16 08:41 PM

Yo Abe,

There you go Babe, you've got the right idea. If people would talk more, they would fight less.

The present war is a perfect example of a war for no reason. Those are the ones that last the longest, because there's nothing to settle.

Bobby

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