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Going Forward

GOING FORWARD Who will bring about World War three, Which continent will it be, To unlock the frustrations of the poor, From within their very core, And unleash their long felt wrath, A wrath that arose from an, Impoverished and hopeless path. A wrath that will be unleashed On the rich and elite, Bringing forward millions of feet. As there is a huge dividing line, It is just a matter of time. Until the poor will rise, And want to claim first prize! Countries must now unite, To settle this breadline fight, Not wait for a chaotic state, Not let history record this date. Education is the essential key, For everyone including you and me, And should open many a door, To the impoverished poor. If we go forward in this way, We will engage the poor to Have their say, Equality will then be the order Of the day. RE-POST -ORIGINAL POSTED IN JANUARY 2019 - Felt this poem was applicable to todays turbulent unrest.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/23/2020 6:48:00 AM

This is utterly appropriate. I keep saying "what if this turns into another Civil War with states leaving the so-called union?"

Judy Ball

Date: 6/16/2020 6:08:00 AM

A dream long awaited. God Bless, JB

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/16/2020 1:16:00 PM

A dream that took too long for humanity to wake up from - you are totally right my friend - it has been a long wait for millions. Blessings Judy, Jennifer.

Funom Makama

Date: 6/15/2020 3:53:00 PM

Remarkable lines, true words, amazing piece from a very deep and wise mind. I love every bit of this. Great work Jennifer

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/16/2020 1:13:00 PM

Thank-you Funom, I wrote what I felt, this was a re-post, I initially posted this poem a year and a half ago and felt then, that an imminent new era was about to surge forth it just needed a spark! Blessings Jennifer

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/13/2020 9:11:00 PM

It is perfect during this pandemic Jennifer. I came from humble beginnings and worked hard all my life for the retirement I have now. In America it is possible to get somewhere if you work hard. Many other countries don't have that advantage. A beautiful compassionate piece you can be proud of. I am Faving it! xxoo

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/16/2020 1:02:00 PM

Connie, my dear friend, you have been in my mind these days, I feel a serenity whenever you post a poem and I read it or when you answer my comments with such honesty and deep thought. Thank you Connie, Keep well and safe. Blessings, Jennifer.

Paghunda Zahid

Date: 6/13/2020 8:19:00 PM

That's a brilliant poem. I often wonder when will humanity be allowed to live in peace. The kind of peace that she deserves. Alas, we have to witness injustices all our lives.

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/16/2020 12:59:00 PM

It is a social necessity that each individual has the right to happiness, education and good health and definitely, to not live in fear - ignored for centuries, the time for a new era has come. Thank-you Paghunda . Blessings, Jennifer.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 6/13/2020 10:22:00 AM

WOW! This is a stunning write Jennifer. A powerful assessment of the turbulent world. Yes--I think, when billions suffer, there will be a forceful agitation. The world should heed your warning.

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/16/2020 12:40:00 PM

Hi Vijay, thank you for an apt and very relevant comment. The writing was on the wall years ago, we just perhaps buried our heads like ostriches hoping the problem would just go away but now and no later, is the time for new era to begin, Let the poor be heard, whether black,white orange, purple blue or green- for we are all children of God. I personally feel we have jumped the first hurdle, watching TV and seeing people of every color, creed or nation come together in solidarity, it pleased my soul. Blessings Vijay, Jennifer.

John Watt

Date: 6/12/2020 12:30:00 AM

I agree Jennifer, it starts with a good education. None should be deprived of this basic right. Lovely write. May the poets never stop dreaming and writing and ringing the bell. Hugs ~ John

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 9:34:00 AM

Hi John, what a lovely comment - it is important to keep that bell ringing, but there are none as deaf as those who want to be! Blessings my friend, Jennifer.

Sandra Adams

Date: 6/11/2020 7:37:00 AM

this is very fitting of the world we live in.. especially in my country, we keep saying we are going to end up having another civil war with all this unrest and violence... great write my friend... hugs :)

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/11/2020 2:36:00 PM

I thought so Sandy, that is why I re-posted it. Who would have thought that the whole world is in an upheaval, fraught with danger, pain and intense sadness. I feel that dialogue and communication is the only way forward, but nothing much will happen as hes says 'on his watch'! Thank-you for your wonderful support always Sandy my friend. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 6/10/2020 1:49:00 AM

Hello Jennifer … I have been asking this question for a long time Jennifer. Usually the powers select a theatre away from their own country to test their weaponry. Everybody loses in war - thanks Jennifer - Lindsay

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/11/2020 2:50:00 PM

Hi Lindsay, please God there will be no war, if only people could communicate , but then of course examples should come from the top!, and there's none of that. Time and history in the making will reveal all. Thank-you for such a relevant comment Lindsay. Blessings, Jennifer.

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 6/9/2020 5:26:00 PM

Very thought provoking and powerful words, Jennifer. When I think of war, I think of a crazy, authoritarian with nuclear weapons, not an uprising from the poor, but there is power in numbers and sadly the number of people living in poverty continues to grow. We never know what the future holds...thanks for sharing . Blessings, Rhonda xx

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 8:10:00 AM

Hi Rhonda, Thank-you for a very relevant and awesome comment. Yes, their numbers are growing as unemployment has reached a record high - jobs need to be created but with technology advancing even robotic technology, more jobs are going to be lost. We do have a problem! Communication through equal education is the key. Blessings and hugs Rhonda, Jennifer.

Winged Warrior

Date: 6/9/2020 2:08:00 PM

Dear sister Jenn...your heart pours out in this verse...your always a defender of the poor and the voiceless...I'm proud, my friend...we need more voices like yours...^WW^ :o)

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 8:13:00 AM

Hi Wingster, you also stand for the good, kind and sincere, I am proud of you for that also. I read a great many of your comments not only mine, and I see a very gentle person. Hugs and blessings, Jennster

Michael Tor

Date: 6/9/2020 9:42:00 AM

Jennifer your voice is heard on this side. The imbalance between the rich and the poor, the Haves and Have Not. It is become so unfair that only chaos can be expected. I certainly agree. Well written and full of compassion for the poor...

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 9:41:00 AM

I have been at multiracial schools from my senior years at school, and at varsity and also in business, I am therefore colorblind - communication and going forward must be about education, only then will equality really come to be, thank your for a wonderful comment Michael Blessings, Jennifer.

Arturo Michael

Date: 6/9/2020 3:08:00 AM

Wonderful write, and so it will be...the reformation is here...we're all responsible to each other to have a safe and loving world...

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 9:46:00 AM

I think is is overdue - something had to give and it was a really sad something, that an unfortunate sad death or in fact murder was the catalyst. Thank-you Arturo for your wonderful friendship and support. Love your comments. Blessings, Jennifer.

Judy Ball

Date: 6/9/2020 2:08:00 AM

The same song sung through the ages. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I have always been content to have enough. Decent clothes, enough to eat and a roof over my head. The rich have too much to worry about that they can't enjoy it. A fine write speaking out for those who don't have enough. Good job. God Bless, JB

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 9:54:00 AM

I couldn't agree with you more - but I wonder if the rich will be taxed heavier, income brackets will probably come into play during these reconciliation meetings and dialogues.. A lovely comment, thank-you Judy. Blessings and hugs, Jennifer.

Harry Horsman

Date: 6/9/2020 12:36:00 AM

Hi Jennifer, powerful poetry, and theory. I was there at the start of Rock 'n' Roll the best years ever on this planet. I Worked as a manager for one of the largest food producing companies in the world...I was there 1980 the beginning of what is now. A system that is waiting for us historics that knew a better period,,to die, because like so many here on soup, they can see through the whole charade. The billion and millionaires are now already with this pandemic, counting the % of gains made.

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 10:28:00 AM

Sadly some have made money and profited during a pandemic and a lock down. Disgusting but there are people and there are PEOPLE! Fortunately there are billionaires and millionaires that have contributed. Each decade has transformed a little, and we have no reached the stage when a reformation must come about immediately. Thank-you for a wonderful comment Harry, be well my friend, Blessings, Jennifer.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 6/8/2020 5:30:00 PM

You have sad it, and said it well. Very true. Thanks.

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 10:00:00 AM

Thank you my friend - a great comment- I'm happy you enjoyed my re-post. Be safe, Blessings and hugs, Jennifer.

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 6/8/2020 3:17:00 PM

So much truth conveyed here Jenny, sadly all is true but man can't sort out this worlds wars only Jesus can sort out the world's mess. Hope all is well, Blessings and hugs, Gordon

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 8:33:00 AM

Man and greed as Tom says and you Gordon, have made our world as it is today - perhaps all is forecast in the Book of Revelations - scary but true! Thank-you for an apt comment, hope all is well, Blessings and hugs, Jennifer.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/7/2020 4:36:00 PM

Too much greed in our world, some do little work and get paid an obscene amount while the real workers get paid a pittance, no wonder people are upset. Plus too many unhinged leaders with their fingers on the button. God help us. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/12/2020 8:29:00 AM

Oh yes, unhinged leaders there certainly are those around! Sports people, Films tars, computer billionaires, Amazon and others should assist more towards helping the poor, whilst they can still choose, for maybe one day, they will be forced to. Even a few Trillionaires, how will they, their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren ever use this all up! Blessings Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/7/2020 12:37:00 PM

Thoughts about your intriguing write: Wars between and among countries are normally fought over territory. I think what you write of is more likely to result in civil wars, internal uprisings and insurrections... and I think you're right. The day is coming --- I would say even if the inequities are ameliorated some. The lid is off of Pandora's box, I fear. Great write, Jennifer! :) gw

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/11/2020 1:01:00 PM

There was just a spark needed for a fire to rage, the opportunity very sadly occurred. A man's right to breathe was taken away from him - but maybe the world should consider how our own hero in South Africa brought his rainbow nation together, he was imprisoned for almost 30 years, yet he averted a much feared civil war. Oh my and all this during a Pandemic! Thank-you for an excellent comment my friend, I always look forward to all your pertinent comments. Hugs Jennifer.

Paul Callus

Date: 6/7/2020 12:03:00 PM

It is indeed very applicable to these troubled times, Jenny. We need to rethink values, and give words such as friendship, love and peace their proper meaning, not by means of empty talk, but by sincere action. ~ Warm regards & Hugs // paul

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/11/2020 12:44:00 PM

Action is necessary not mere deliberation - unfortunately too much of the latter has been going on for decades and in fact for hundreds of years. I went to High School in Zambia, and our sons both went to multiracial schools and as a family we are totally colorblind. Thank-you for a great comment my friend, be safe, warm regards, and hugs, Jenny.

Eve Roper

Date: 6/7/2020 11:23:00 AM

I hope not in my children and grandchildren's life time, I hope never. So unjust and uncalled-for. Well written. Hugs Eve

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/11/2020 12:33:00 PM

Hi Eve, although I write about it, I would dread such a catastrophe to develop, but looking at the news and dialogues that we have heard I believe we can go forward, just a few politicians have to be sorted out first! Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Silent One

Date: 6/7/2020 7:35:00 AM

I remember this poem... What a sad world we live in when there is so much injustice and ignorance in the world... We all need to have an open mind and then we can go forward looking for the right solutions...

Jennifer Proxenos
Date: 6/11/2020 12:29:00 PM

Hi Silent One, you have a good memory it is well over a year since I first posted it. An open mind, just be kind. Class, color, gender, religion what does it matter, we are all God's children, and we should remember that. Blessings, Jennifer.