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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
To welcome me today: a cold, empty, gray shore and even colder waves crawling hungrily over the sand... A smog-filtered sun rising hesitantly above denuded trees casting uncertain light through dissipating shadows of night. Tears fill my eyes. Why? Why must I think of those thousands condemned to death today because so few understand the rhythm of life; so few accept the call of compassion that would change everything? That could even stop death? That would stop the spread of war? And I really wonder: Do we need military forces and weaponry To protect our way of life? By what law do we deny others the right to their own way of life? How great can such a law be, when children die of hunger and the homeless fall in the streets? What if we took all that we spend defending or protecting ourselves to alleviate poverty; to feed the hungry: whom would we have to fear then? Ah, but so impossible, isn’t it. I feel a fathomless sorrow for wasted lives and pointless deaths as greed spreads hungrily over this world, dragging death in its wake: if we refuse to see, who then shall teach us of empathy and compassion? |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
who then, indeed when greed swallows compassion's heart thank you, for this write |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Thank you Midnitesun for your comment!!!!!! |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
..."I feel a fathomless sorrow for wasted lives and pointless deaths as greed spreads hungrily over this world, dragging death in its wake: if we refuse to see, who then shall teach us of empathy and compassion?" Powerfully written. When greed spreads hungrily, and the hungry starve, yet we stand content in the shadows...the treachery of freedom. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"By what law do we deny others the right to their own way of life? How great can such a law be, when children die of hunger and the homeless fall in the streets?" Yes, WindWalker, and who decides who our enemies are? Wonderfully written. |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Thank you ThisDiamond and The Lady for your coments!!!!!!!!!!! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...this is why the Presidential elections are so important...but are we really getting leaders now...or just politicians...James |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Thank you JamesMichael for your comment. |
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