White flag is the biggest worry
Of combat-ready soldiers already in a moving lorry:
Of communities with vampires thirst for blood
Wishing to with the dead cemeteries flood...
Of militants who denied the chance for murder
For themselves feel mortally sorry
And dreadfully out of order
The restraining factor, a thing to pillory.
White flag - the greatest dislike of angered cattle,
Who disapprove of a truce midway a heated battle...
Of terrible incendiaries and the worst guns
That love to ignite that which burns...
White flag is the most innocent job of tailors
Nurturing dreams more ennobling than dollars
Sibling of elderly Olive Branch
That enables the attacked in the morning to eat a peaceful lunch.
Categories:
combat ready, anger, anti bullying, death,
Form: Rhyme
Baffling, the turmoil... This warrior, she
with fiercest desire to safeguard the weak
and innocent, rises to squelch hostile fire,
protecting when able with crafts she’s acquired.
But lover prevails; she won’t raise a fist,
lest push comes to shove, and villain persists.
She elects tactful words to settle the score;
oft slighting herself, yet for others she'll roar...
And tear limb from limb when concessions won’t do
(her mind bends a notch when defender steps through).
Because she wants peace to fully endure,
she stays combat-ready with aims to secure.
With zest for the fight, she regards skillful motion,
though harm by her hand is a sickening notion.
1/28/20
For POLARITIES AND PARADOXES Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier
Categories:
combat ready, bullying, conflict, love, passion,
Form: Sonnet
Commentary Notes on Peaceful Protest…
In the spirit of peace,
Patrick Henry once cried:
“Give me liberty or give me death!”
In the spirit of peace,
he was eventually granted his request.
how true it is---wonders
never seem to cease.
Where there’s peace,
there’s no need for protest;
there’s no instant
in this country’s history
where it has peacefully gone into war;
rather, consistently waging war
in the name of peace.
It is said that history
can’t be changed—repeated maybe;
emphatically teaching its lessons:
“Give me liberty or give me death!” So be it!
“No justice, no peace!” So be it!
So has it been in the history of protest:
peaceful protest by the oppressed
has always been responded to
with peaceful violence by the oppressors.
Nowhere in history—
has protestation between the oppressed
and the oppressor—ever ended peacefully.
Today, when the angered oppressed come face to face
with combat ready oppressors, peaceful protest ceases to be
a viable strategy—least we too, desire the fate of Patrick Henry.
Categories:
combat ready, america, destiny, freedom, peace,
Form: Prose Poetry
" The Skunk and The Porcupine ... "
(From The Solomon Studies Series # 9)
(Eccl. 3: 11 / Prov. 6: 6 / Matt. 6: 26, 28, 29)
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Are 'So Cute' Little Creatures
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Have Protective, Projective Features
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Scuttle By Like Small, Inquisitive Seekers
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Both Have Effective - Weapon Reachers
Tho' One Has Its Own Swords of Battle Quills
The Other Has A Gas-Arsenal of Biological Spills
We Walk Around Them Like We're On A Mine Field
and Either - Both Can Make Us Run For The Hills! ...
Tho' One's A Prickly Recluse and One's A Reeker
Man & Beast Give Them Room (like they're both lil' stinkers)
In A Way, We Bow To Both Like They're Little Caesars
Both - Show GOD's Ability To Endow Combat Ready Teachers
The Skunk and The Porcupine
Without Saying A Word - They Are Loud Speakers
And Now Thank GOD & Be Glad Your DNA Is Neither
... The Skunk and The Porcupine
Written & Copyrighted ©: 1/8/2014
by: MoonBee Canady
Categories:
combat ready, creation, nature, spiritual, ,
Form: Couplet