He said that you were playing games
But I and you both know better:
Through passion heart on life makes claim
And makes false manacles to shatter
He said that you were playing games,
But I know wicked game he's playing
Which racket without stop or shame
The people played for three millenia:
Of treating you most terribly
Until, in anguish, you be tempted
Or broken; which would prove the lie
That women are to be mistreated -
He said that you were playing games
But I'm not playing; I am willing
To love you and you to defend
Until he stops, or else he kills me.
Let's play this game, this game of life,
Let's play this game while we're still here:
Love cuts like spear - like a knife -
And by it overcome is fear
Let's play, sweet love! In air and sun
And by the ocean iridescent:
You're strong and beautiful and young
And your soul shimmers incandescent
And when the people can espy
This game of love - this game of beauty -
Let their spirits also fly
And see all rackets stand refuted.
What country? Has the fastest growing rate of Christian converts.' Which country
Recently torched images of baal.' Which
Country claims it has a self-imposed ban on keeping nucleat weapons? Also the
Chemical variety.' I do beleive its the same
One now under attack, by nuclear armed powers.' Maybe all the points I quote are
Wrong.? Can anyone let me know.?
a grieving heart hears the pain
how many times must it echo again
direction askew from days tossed aside
no longer can tragic history abide
time for re-joice to be embraced
sounding the depths of dignity traced
empty shell cracked fault lines abundant
peeling a past rampant redundant
interdicting near-future most nobly
thence reach inexhaustible sanctity
That truth cannot be absolute
I do reject and will refute.
If we declare that it is not
Can that be certified as true?
Therefore, truth absolute must be.
Can anything false never be?
Contest name: Bite Size Poem no6 Poetry Contest
Cannot Refute
Civilian clothes are worn by a recruit
Which soon will become a military suit
And are so proud to wear
While having short hair;
Best service in world cannot refute.
Jim Horn
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