East Versus West

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A nation proclaiming democracy 
touts equality and freedom for all.
And with a naive belief in justice,
brave young soldiers proudly answer its call.

Internal conflicts and world opinion
raise matters of morality and soul.
For innocent lives are bartered for oil
in a costly war, with a deadly toll.

Immersed in a storm of raw emotions,
east versus west in a fight to the death.
And as the daily drudgery of war
wears you down, you learn to value each breath.
 
Killing is murder; yet war breaks the rules,
it's sanctioned by law, but does God concur?
For although both sides ask for His blessing,
it is the Devil's counsel they prefer.

Injecting faith into the scheme of things,
we vehemently pray for wars to cease.
And yet, justify death with comfort words,
like duty, patriotism, and world peace.


(Quatrain)


4/7/2017

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Line Gauthier

Date: 5/23/2018 10:14:00 PM

Wow. Powerful message, Emile.

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/24/2018 6:59:00 AM

Thanks Line, I appreciate your comments and support my friend, Emile.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/7/2017 2:50:00 PM

- A war is really in the power of the devil - Who are the winners ...and who are the losers - Young men who are fighting for peace, with cruel memories glued to the brain forever - A powerful poem, Emile - .... The world news is dreadful - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/7/2017 4:21:00 PM

Thank you so much Anne-Lise, your comments are insightful and appreciated. Goodness is uneventful, it does not flash, it glows. Emile.

Anil Deo

Date: 4/7/2017 1:05:00 PM

Powerful. Reminds me of World War I vets inr UK. They wrote protest poems during & after 1914.Sassoon. Wilfred Owen. Owen may have NOT come back home though in his 20s. Jesus is the example. The Roman Empire oppressed his Jewish siblings; His advice, "Render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar" and pay taxes to Rome. U r speaking for victims - as many as die from LEGAL abortions - not wrong by LAW, but Bible clearly rejects child sacrifice by any name. Shalom Dear Poet Pinet! AD

Emile Pinet
Date: 4/7/2017 4:16:00 PM

Shalom Anil, thank you for sharing you feelings in support of this poem...you have a compassionate heart... may God be with you. Emile.