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Open Poetry #38

AFTER DEATH & WAR

Tom Zart
Senior Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 682

0 posted 2006-05-31 04:22 PM

AFTER DEATH

The joy of life is like a fading flower
And the wrath of death is to shrivel and decay.
Committing our spirits to either right or wrong,
Simply by how we choose to live our night or day.

After death the wicked cease to be troublesome
And all who are weary have forever to rest.
People who apply their heart to seek out wisdom,
Are lovingly remembered by all they have blessed.

Let there be no sad farewell after we have gone
Hopefully to heaven, where worthy souls live on,
Searching for reunion with others we once knew
Be they Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or Jew.

WAR

As war is fought it takes charge,
And events spin out of control.
The madness of men can alter the soil
Which nourishes the roots of their soul.

Many things will forever change,
Far more then wished to be.
As the wrath of war starts to destroy,
Those things we fight to keep free.

War is the greatest plague of man,
Religion, state, and sanity.
Any scourge is more preferred,
Than the one which disables humanity.

When war breaks out, boundaries change
And all who die are a token,
Of the rage that must run it's course,
Before words of peace are spoken.

By Tom Zart
Author of
LOVE WAR AND MORE

Liz Sinclair
Member

since 2006-05-06

Posts 93
Atlantis

1 posted 2006-05-31 05:20 PM

Both pieces are poignant and remarkable. I like the fact that the first piece incorporates different aspects of religion and not just one. The second, what can one say? Humanity agrees with you, of this I'm sure. I'll leave this comment with immortal words from E.E. Cummings.

pity this busy monster manunkind

Thanks for sharing yourself. Take care, Liz...Carpe Diem

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

2 posted 2006-05-31 05:24 PM

both were very well done...

Tom Zart
Senior Member

since 2006-05-18

Posts 682

3 posted 2006-05-31 09:08 PM

Thank you all for your kind words of support.

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