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Scientific Justification

Beware my friends of those who use science To justify their actions. Some too unspeakable to sully this page. One would think that we would have learned from Past mistakes but still we all too easily fall into the same trap, Looking to science whenever hate rears its head, To justify that which if love was in ascendancy would brake our hearts and our mirrors. The mere fact of being a man makes me cringe when I think how some in the past used scientific justification to subjugate those who were born to be our equals. With sweet and innocent girls rubbishing themselves under all that weight, From scientific justification. Yet I see some woman, Using that very same science to Justify putting men in the very place they have fought so bravely and yet with great dignity and unbelievable patience to haul themselves out of. Now it is the turn of boys to feel the weight. And without a softer self to turn to like the girls, They have unleashed their hate, with violence The only dividend. Making the world a dangerous place for women once more. And I cringe yet again, praying my wife and I have instilled enough empathy To give our son a side that is soft and a heart that yearns for a girl to be his equal. Will we ever learn before we all burn. Or will we come to realise neither man nor woman can be whole Until we can appreciate the wonders each has to share. And together as equals, rise above all that has gone before. I could not finish this write without acknowledging those in the soup who give me hope that we will indeed rise together as equals. Maybe it will be through poetry that we reach those who need to change.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 8/6/2016 11:31:00 AM
This is awesome and fantastic. I love it in every way. Lovely, lovely, so lovely.
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David Smith
Date: 8/6/2016 2:53:00 PM
Thank you so much. I was an early childhood teacher for 30 years. Just as it needed special men particularly fathers to give women a help up, I am seeing special women doing their best for men. There may still be time but every day the price gets higher and those willing to pay that price are getting fewer. We must keep hope alive so more will believe we can win this battle for hearts and minds. Very best regards David in NZ
Date: 7/31/2016 6:39:00 PM
Enjoyed reading your work..We all no matter our sex, social standing, or race have something good to offer with our lives..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara
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Date: 8/1/2016 6:39:00 AM
My pleasure Sara. Hope you have more poems to come. Appreciate your comments. Regards David
Date: 7/31/2016 1:55:00 PM
Scientific justification you said my friend David and my mind went back to Ptolemy's theory and then to Galileo Galilei and then to Copernicus and how many lives were lost because of scientific justification. A vast subject you have chosen but did very well my friend! Enjoyed it!
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Date: 7/31/2016 6:03:00 PM
Thank you. Means a lot to me. Maybe someday someone will make a pendulum that will stop in the middle every now and then so the human race can stop and think about where it is heading. As ever I come away richer from your input on my output. Thank you, lovely man. Your friend from bottom of world or is it the top? Maybe top and bottom are allusions invented by mankind!

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