AN AWARENESS APHORISM
Oh, awareness is one thing,
Acting upon it is another;
You can’t allow apathy
To dam up action:
For awareness,
Without action,
Is appalling:-
Dammed Up Tears
This heart's ache
Deep past limit
Drowned in the river
That killed it
Sorrow years
Dammed up tears
A wall built
With mud and brick
Hardened heart
The best to kick
Sorrow years
Dammed up tears
Floods rise
Pressures build
But not these tears
They aint gonna yield
Why'd I let
My guard down
Just one time
This time around
Oh foolish me
What caused me to think
Left in the brink
Played the fool
Loved she is
Her heart taken
For all she gives
Sorrow years
Dammend up tears
The flood did arise
Without break
Just alll internal
Bleeding heartache
Killed by a love
It never knew
And far past rescue
Sorrow years
Dam up them tears
River of woe—Joy
shall dam up your flood of tears
with bright beams of mirth!
Nuclear Rebellion
Dam up the river, control the world
Mankind speaks, vengeance hurled
Carnage, blood deceit, and such
They want kill, those who know too much
Desperation, shame and fear
All have meaning here
It’s a hostile world
Forgive me If I want to leave
Nuclear rebellion
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