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Pacifist Despair
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Pacifist Despair |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Pacifist Despair what syllogism will you offer to the flame? by what incanted slogan will you turn the broken beams into a building, shattered bones into a child? what phrase will still the keening grief when of all times, this time the child is yours? and later when that certain fire comes lusting after flesh again, when like a forest blaze it gathers lust by feeding, on that day when the very flesh it covets is your own, what will you say then? -------- 3-03 ...because after 18 months, somehow it needs to be said again. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...James |
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Elan Member
since 2002-05-03
Posts 382State of Wide Eye |
The world will never be all pacifist or all warrior... the best we can do is encourage others to learn from history... albeit history has shown that such as we, who would teach, talk into the wind. I hear you, I heed you... I know. |
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Copperbell Senior Member
since 2003-11-08
Posts 956 |
I'm glad you said it. I'm thinking this is so sad, but agony is a much better word. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
It will be too late for "sorry" then, not that a pacifist would ever admit to having made a mistake, let alone being remorseful over the destruction it caused. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
For very selfish reasons, I'm so glad you reposted this. *S* The words literally pierced my heart the first time I read them... but you remain the only poet whose talent has ever managed to intimidate me into silence for more than one poem... and I didn't respond then. *S* As you've probably noticed... I found my courage somewhere along the way... you didn't bite *G*... and I haven't hushed since. LOL But silence still has its place... some poems leave that much awe... this is one. Heart-wrenching, touching excellence! |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
This jabs me right in the heart. I believe there are better ways to fight than with weapons, but unfortunately various factions have no comprehension. My fears are realities, the innocent casualities of war and "peace". Very thought provoking, Ed. |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Enjoyed this - well stated. Would that the sleeping giant would be once more less righteous wakefulness be needed.  SusanHappiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
To those who believe themselves firmly on the moral high road, the little details like dead people don't matter much. I tried to climb up to that road once, but I can't breathe at that altitude. I love your poem. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
*drifting out my window into thought after reading* |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
*holding my jaw from the jab* swimming down the page, Ed like a razor sharp fin . . . |
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Kazm Member
since 2003-11-13
Posts 99 |
This is so very hard to read. Not because the words are difficult but because the thoughts are too awful to think. Kaz |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
 very powerful!I don’t want the world to see me |
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