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Death I see, that ugly spectre, Coarsely overshadows youth. Lame, they look for interaction With the bondman. Shame, forsooth! Drowning in the dams of liars When they could be shining lights! They believe what e’er is told them, ****** in by the TV sights. Culture told them there’s no future, There’s no healing for despair. Bet they never read the Bible – Words of LIFE spelt loud and clear. There’s no need for this attrition Of our children. Give them truth. Let them listen to the old ones – Hard they learned the facts of life. By the power of scripture they have Overcome the skull and bones. Into joy and peace they’re marching. Youth could follow in those zones. Up to them to stop and listen. Perhaps the media got it wrong. Find a person in their nineties, Who survived the wars and so on. They are old because their attitude Enabled them to plunge right in, Boots and all in right perspective, Shake and move, the truth to win. They’ve believed in right and beauty, Principles and sacrifice. Not for them the great self pity Serving death – man-trap device. Rather they’ve bent over backwards To embrace another’s need, And serving, felt the great dynamic LIFE FORCE. Yes. They were a breed!
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Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 9:48 PM UTC
THE BREED - Mandela, Mother Teresa, et al.
Death I see, that ugly spectre, Coarsely overshadows youth. Lame, they look for interaction With the bondman. Shame, forsooth! Drowning in the dams of liars When they could be shining lights! They believe what e’er is told them, ****** in by the TV sights. Culture told them there’s no future, There’s no healing for despair. Bet they never read the Bible – Words of LIFE spelt loud and clear. There’s no need for this attrition Of our children. Give them truth. Let them listen to the old ones – Hard they learned the facts of life. By the power of scripture they have Overcome the skull and bones. Into joy and peace they’re marching. Youth could follow in those zones. Up to them to stop and listen. Perhaps the media got it wrong. Find a person in their nineties, Who survived the wars and so on. They are old because their attitude Enabled them to plunge right in, Boots and all in right perspective, Shake and move, the truth to win. They’ve believed in right and beauty, Principles and sacrifice. Not for them the great self pity Serving death – man-trap device. Rather they’ve bent over backwards To embrace another’s need, And serving, felt the great dynamic LIFE FORCE. Yes. They were a breed!
So much culture/poetry today celebrates death, and consequently breeds death. It is entirely un-necessary.
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Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 9:48 PM UTC
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