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Thanks Giving
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Thanks Giving |
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D.Lester Young Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1219Austin, Tx |
In the hunger of a million tears Dried by the dust of famine Forlorn looks haunting Our very subconscious In frail bodies of bone Lands torn away by decade of war Hacking to death anyone That dared to be different Mutilations so inhuman Butchered by indifference In the gas chambers of history The slaughters for ethnic purity Still wails of ghosts imprison us In cries of denials of any wrongdoing As some leaders keep reenacting Crimes against humanity In the insane religions teachings Preaching the killing of fellow men In the name of their deity Trying to impose religious laws Killing half of the population In the season of Thanksgiving We take so much for granted That the meal of thanks before us Is eaten away without much thought In a land so imperfect that we get along So diverse that we can dare to be different In a diversity that is protected in our faith A constitution that allows freedom of choice Communication unhindered by fear In a land having so much wealth To feed the poor at least on one day Let us give thanks that we have our rights To believe things here will be so different Yet we know we breed our own demons Greed incorporated in creative accounting Wall Street taking away our retirements Politicians seeing their election as instant wealth Crimes of the poor being imprisoned While those of the rich get a country club Yet here we can Complain and gripe Condemn and fuss In others words Enjoy our meal In relative peace But say a prayer To those people With real needs Thought: With so many things wrong with the United States, I can look at some other countries and realize how fortunate we are. In which we have a population of the world’s diversity that has to get along. D.Lester Young 11/19/2002 Tuscaloosa, AL Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry) |
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Radrook Senior Member
since 2002-08-09
Posts 648 |
Enjoyed the read! Thanks! God bless! |
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regards2you Member Elite
since 2002-10-01
Posts 3940California |
I also enjoyed the read. Warm regards, Pat  ..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.. |
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gemjop Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587Pencilveinia, USA |
Every word of yours is a reality and a truth.You are able to open closed eyes with this. Moving and honest. Such important things often go unsaid, and here you've told them. Thankyou so much. lots of love, gemmaxxxxxxxxxxxx learning each day, for you and i, our paths have met, i've already learnt that you are love. |
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garysgirl  
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Yes, I thank God for our freedoms, too. May you have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING, too. "Love makes the world go around" |
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