Introspection War Poems

Balance is difficult for me -- 
generally leaning one way 
or the other

if not oscillate
more apt to choose that
additional cold beer, 

wanting to capture sunset

squeeze...

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As the pastor delivers his speech
and religious fervour peaks,
our heart goes out to those marginalised,
for pale now are their fear fraught cheeks.

In the name of...

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“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
Plato

Politicians keep lying
Hate keeps breeding
Jets keep firing
Babies keep dying
Mothers keep crying
Homes keep tumbling
Hope keeps crumbling
Time keeps ticking
Injustice...

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what a day! 
Neither clouds nor lighting
But the sky is thundering
Hailing hard but not in usual forms
Threatened poor to keep silence. 

A cute doll was...

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I stole a garden hid it from flames,
to try and keep just one thing alive;
Collateral carnage of war games,
a single bloom of evolution won't thrive;

Detonation...

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Light and dark are only
contrasts for those overly
pinned to eyes – like a 
donkey tail, stuck at the thighs, 

a backside its entire existence

Sun may...

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I choose to abide by Christ's holy law -
Resolve born in faith that His way is true.
A pact between mind and soul - what's the...

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The Square Root of Beiruit 
 
Ten men bending while theyre pretending to be near the ending
A capitalist nightmare glares like rotten fruit
The squate root of Beiruit
No...

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greater horror tale
may not be found in
tomes of fractured minds
as bloodied annals
of our history

Is human flesh
fully worthless
that on command
it's turned to dust

hopes and dreams
squelched midst...

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Wars have no winners – 
in fact, one can rightly argue,
that only losers begin them;

their outcomes, medals, a song,
a poem – a pat on the...

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I've met myself 
many times coming and going...

generally a quick smile
and respectful nod – seldom
pausing to chat, both of us
longing for more together 
company

I (me/myself)...

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If only faith was always
sunny that way,
the way we pray – 
the way we greet the day
opening our hearts to each
new dawn, until the waves...

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Your love for the truth
Awake and arise with eyes,
Wet in a fleet moment’s worth
Open, to see bewildering skies. 

A loud sigh cry in you to...

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As I wash these dishes. 
I wash the wishes 
from these tired and ruined hands. 

I look out into the street 
with a thousand yard...

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We sit in our idle houses
plugged-in to the world wide web 
of digital madness and make-believe. 

We text tweet posts from on far and shadow...

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