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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2006-08-09 05:48 AM

War in the East

Rockets falling on a village
War has plagued the East
Kinship the most noble calling
Hatred is the least

Children clinging to a mother
Hiding in hole
Innocence the dearest victim
Death the dearest toll

Flames destroy the schools and markets
As the rockets burst
Hunger is a woeful diet
Terror is the worst

Clouds of smoke engulf a city
Blue turns into gray
War has marred God’s lovely planet
Cease the war today

Hatred is the guilty culprit
Camouflaged in gray
Dignity the greatest victor
Peace, the only way

Elizabeth Santos

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2006-08-09 06:16 AM

peace indeed, the only way, but seemingly unattainable

artexeres
Member

since 2006-08-01

Posts 156
south africa

2 posted 2006-08-09 07:28 AM

Fact, yet saddly fiction, thank you, for a power read, i sense your feelings and feel that they echo the masses, yet the masses, remain silent and if we see a wrong, this wrong and do nothing about it, well, what are we other than moral cowards?? also a coward, thanks again

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2006-08-09 08:58 AM

Hunger is a woeful diet
Terror is the worst
agreed~~

nicely done

M

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2006-08-09 10:09 AM

Hatred is the guilty culprit
Camouflaged in gray
Dignity the greatest victor
Peace, the only way

Amen! Liz, from my heart to yours, this was indeed a generous offering to PIP today.
Thank you for your caring soul.

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

5 posted 2006-08-09 10:23 AM

Your words elequently describe the horrors of these wars. Heartache and prayers continue for the day "arms" means only human hugs.

Rae

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

6 posted 2006-08-09 11:03 AM

Let's hear it for PEACE
Well writ!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

David D Jerald
Member

since 2006-08-07

Posts 74
Tucson, Arizona

7 posted 2006-08-09 02:11 PM

Dear Elizabeth, Your poem was heart felt all sane people want peace. But Plato's quote says it all.

Only the dead know the end of war
Plato b. 428 BC

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