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 Sep 2017
Born
Be prepared for anything

For loss of lives with no reason
an imposed treason
on your very existence

You'll feel like you are
the blackest or the whitest man on earth
racism shoved down your throat
and the hate keeps coming

Peoples morals will be axed
principles thrown out the window
we'll do anything
to get everything

Tyranny will have allies
Your complains will be put
"under advisement"
for you matter not

then you'll truly know
order, brotherhood and love
was nothing but a speech
and speeches are for campaigning

So I say
you quickly and quietly
Open that can of coke
and drown your emotions on a failing heart
like you've been taught

Or open your eyes
to the deep slumber of disillusionment
you've been subjected to.

And then you'll know
for the sake of peace
you gave up your freedom
 Sep 2017
nivek
you can melt, be absorbed
become more
aware

become yourself
in all
others

share, and shared
being
a family

unity of spirit
individually, uniquely
expressed.
 Sep 2017
Joel M Frye
speaking in tongues
is no longer a miracle;
all kinds of Babel
going around.
a quiet in/re(surrection)
happens
when one listens
to another
and uncommonly hears
the common hopes
the common fears
shared by both
a common sense
of having more
in common
than can be said
and lost
in translation
.
Civil rights, civil disobedience, civil discourse...civic duty.
 Sep 2017
Graff1980
I sail down the stream of consciousness, aimlessly, while the moon's chesire grin lights my way.Crickets serenade each other.The wind ruffles the leaves with a rythmic and harmonious beat. I find myself chuckling as those standing at the shore yell at me, "your going the wrong way." Their faces are weathered by the daily storms of petty concerns. How can they tell me the way to go when they rufuse to get wet?
 Sep 2017
Graff1980
Morality and ethics are abstract illusions/delusions that are relative to the place and time of ones existence.
 Sep 2017
nivek
sitting Zen
crossed legged

a poet pens
while the world burns

and you have to wonder
whatever happened to the peacemakers?
 Sep 2017
MARK RIORDAN
THE WORLD NOW HAS ROCKET MAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID
LETS BLOW THE HELL OUT OF NORTH KOREA
LETS DELIVER FEAR AND DREAD



LETS NOT WORRY ABOUT ITS PEOPLE
OR ITS PLACE IN OUR WORLD
LETS DESTROY ATTACK AND ANNIHILATE
LET ALL THE BOMBS BE HEARD



LET AMERICA BE GREAT AGAIN
LETS RAIN DOWN ON THIS STATE
LETS WIPE IT FROM OUR PLANET
LET THERE BE NO DEBATE

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 Sep 2017
Jeff
We all say how much we love the earth
Yet we are killing it all the same
killing it with the pollution
And somehow, we are all still sane

We need to work together
To fix the damage that we have wrought
We need to create a greener future
For ourselves, our children and what not
 Sep 2017
CJ Sutherland
They say (whoever they are )
We are the sum of
All events in our past

Exsperiences
Are what facilitate us
With who we are today

They say
We spend our whole adult life
getting over our childhood

I say
do not let your past dictate
who you are
rather
let it assist you
with
who you want
to become
Food for thought  this was written ( in my 20s ) a long time ago when I thought I knew everything
 Sep 2017
Jeff
Peace
Such an important thing
Peace
It is not very present in life's mix

War
A sadly important word
War
It is all too present in our world
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