T Wignesan Poet Villanelle

Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 57

Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 57

The use of force to protect the weak the hungry
A Zapata whose righteous anger boils bounds
To set right an injustice the peasant to free

Is that violence that must be put under key
Whose anger Madero’s peaceable laws confounds
The use of force to protect the weak the hungry

Had not Steinbeck’s Wrath in the Land of Plenty
Set free Mao and Castro’s masses from their hounds
To set right an injustice the peasant to free

Who came to Kazan’s rescue Mice and Men stand free
Hang honour Hang power Hang the world out of bounds
The use of force to protect the weak the hungry

In Steinbeck’s words Can a man whose thoughts born angry
Bring peace to a world where laws of peace obey hounds
To set right an injustice the peasant to free

Who kills not to feed whose young who cry when hungry
Yet Krishna urged Arjuna take battle field grounds
The use of force to protect the weak the hungry
To set right an injustice the peasant to free

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2015

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Skat A December 27, 2015 at 5:43 AM Perfect 7 T Wignesan December 27, 2015 at 7:28 AM You make me cringe with embarrassment, SKAT A. You're going overboard there - walking the plank, I'm afraid. There's no such thing - except the-thing-in-itself (Das Ding an sich) - which is perfect. No matter, for you vibrate with Steinbeck-Kazan-Zapata-Brando for the poor powerless peasant. Every good wish. Wignesan