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Open Poetry #45

Of Kings and Crowns

TRYeager
New Member

since 2009-10-22

Posts 1

0 posted 2009-10-22 01:03 PM

Curse this man’s ambition,
Cut’em down, cut’em down.
Let us cleanse with our incisions
This delirium he’s found.
Sorry Caesar, time to die,
Seems your reach has breached the sky,
And your head is far too large to wear the crown.

Was it pride that took your life?
Even Brutus lent his loyal knife.
Or was it jealousy about the town?
Middle march in Rome is sweet,
But greener grasses breed deceit.
And it’s hard to find your foes when friends abound.

Curse this man’s religion,
Nail’em down, nail’em down.
And the millions who have listened
To his sermon on the mount.
Sorry Jesus, but to reign
As god on earth would be insane,
So we offer you instead this thorny crown.

Were you not the savior they had sought?
Did life conflict with what you taught?
Or was it politics that brought you down?
You preached of peace in promised lands,
Then murdered by the mob’s demands.
And to this day your message can’t be found.

Curse this man’s intention,
Shoot’em down, shoot’em down,
He will pay for his dissention,
And for spreading it around.
Sorry Martin, but your dream
Will disrupt our old regime.
Only we can have the right to wear the crown.

Was it just a man who killed the king?
A troubled soul who did this thing?
Or was it that our hate was so profound.
That even in the world anew,
We favor those who share our hue.
And to our own beliefs we’re tightly bound.

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

1 posted 2009-10-22 01:57 PM

You've captured an essential social truth here, TRYeager. Interesting first post. Look forward to further poetic insight. Thank you.

Sutra 8: Faith is not an alternative to thought: the one excludes the other.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2009-10-22 03:53 PM

TRYeager
You stir my social coals, Write On!!~L

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

3 posted 2009-10-22 06:54 PM

Excellent first post. looking forward to reading more. latearrival

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