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Dear God, Please, Give Me A Brake!
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Dear God, Please, Give Me A Brake! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Give Me A Brake! Give me a brake, with which to stop all the speeding bullets, verbal and metallic, the veiled and unveiled threats and attempts to castrate opposing views, religions, and opinions. Look into the rear view mirror at the carnage left behind since the beginning of time. Road kill. Collateral damage. Ethnic cleansing. Eliminate the Axis of Evil. Euphemisms created to distort truth, to challenge the essence of Humanity. Euphemisms that challenge the pursuit of basic freedom and justice for all, freedom to pursue our destiny, to progress towards a more perfect Unity, to progress towards the goal of making the (now) oxymoronic word HUMANKIND a reality. Give me a brake, with which to stop the threatening... stop the killing.... Dear God, please give me a brake. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Excellent! |
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Tracey Member Elite
since 2001-08-29
Posts 2808where insanity meets breeding |
Dear God, please give me a brake Yeah, I often wonder about this life, with all it’s evil and crime and hatred. Give me a brake sums it up perfectly. I guess, the only thing we can do is make our part of the world a little brighter with caring, generosity and compassion. If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please? |
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Skyfire
since 2000-12-27
Posts 3381Riding |
Thought provoking... and well-written! I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming, terrified, like his passengers. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks, sister Sunshine. Tracey, good to have a visit from you. Now, let's find go find a big parking brake, OK? Skyfire, we need lots of help applying this brake. Are you in? |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I'm in, we surely need this brake. Sandra |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Be careful, midnite...I wouldn't want you to have a nervous brakedown  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Sandra, hang on tight. Balladeer, LOL. How could I, when you are the designated Brakeman? Hope you have your striped coveralls on. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
...PERFECT!!... ~Sometimes all you really wish for... |
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Mark Coburn Member
since 2002-01-24
Posts 71 |
put on the brakes!!!!!!!!!...stop in the name of love....mark |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Nancy, hugs, and thanks for helping with the brake.  .Mark,  Yes, I like that addition.You are now the music director. |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
A great piece of work this is..  |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Great gadzooks good stuff Kacy! The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Nan, thank you. 'Tis better than the other one. Sharon, hugs and thanks. |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Kacy, this is so very sad, my heart too always cries out to all the world and I pray with all my heart that we can all reach out to our fellow people and work to bring harmony to each other! (sad sigh) My heart joins yours in your prayers, sweet friend, we all love you so much, God Bless You! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kacy, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Hey Noah, it's a long hard road out there, and we are in the fast lane. But maybe if we all pull a little harder on the brake? Just imagine the possibilities. Besides, is there any other viable choice? |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Kacy, I'll help stand on that brake! Always my favorite dreamer. Don't ever stop. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Larry, you can step on my brake any day.  You'll have lots of good company. |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
If you had taught social studies, I might have paid attention! I liked both poems but I think you're right, this one is better. It's got more passion. Add my foot to that brake pedal! |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This is magnificent, Kacy... Just remember those brakes the next time you see a chipmunk running across the road. Do they have chipmunks in Alaska?  ((hugs)) copyright2002 Lyra Nesius |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Wow! This one packs a punch! Yes, what a word, in light of all this - HUMANKIND!!! Ironic, isn't it! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Duncan, you get an 'A' and a hug. Lyra, hugs and peace to you, and yes, I always brake for the critters, even the mean 2 legged ones. Rosemary, thanks dear lady. Some words just pack a whallop on their own. |
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Silver Streak Member Elite
since 2002-01-02
Posts 3625FL, USA |
"Give me a brake, with which to stop the threatening... stop the killing...." Kacy, I think God already did! It's called LOVE! Man should try it. ((Kacy)) -newell Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher [This message has been edited by Silver Streak (03-11-2002 01:43 PM).] |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Yes, you have your hand on the right brake. But some haven't yet found it. LOVE. May the ripple of LOVE |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
certainly been here, done this one |
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Accordionmaid Member
since 2001-10-28
Posts 153MA/USA |
Brakes are great...I applied one this a.m., went back to bed (was up in the night). "Humankind" as an oxymoron...yes, it does seem like it sometimes! I was just commenting to my daughter recently that, left to their own devices, DOGS are usually nicer than PEOPLE!!! --Or, so it would seem. (I guess it's true, people don't run after each other and bite, but...) |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Midnite A powerful pull you have of your own with words. Great poem...so true the need! |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
This is just AWESOME, My friend! What a way with words you have. This deserves to be right back on top. Be well. Sauni @~~~>~~ |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
For each of you, I say thanks, and offer warm hugs to you for being who you are....wonderful, giving, loving passionate friends. And each of you has a hand on this brake, for we are all pulling together. |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
My eyes flew down the page, caught up in your anger/frustration. Remind me never to get you mad Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Interloper, you've never even come close to ruffling my feathers. My skirt, maybe. But never my feathers. |
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