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Only Words?
What a dream! Was it a dream?
Just a thought! But what a thought.
How could one be sure, but then again maybe.
Was this our Whale, was this our Lesson?
The Wars of Man becoming so numerous
With such devastating means of destruction.
Suffering from outbreaks all over our Lands
The recent Terrorists guided by the same great Hands?
Do we really expect to win always?
To be the Leader of the Free World?
(Now, what Free World?)
To perpetuate the killing and retribution?
Is that our role in this Game of Life?
Fear and torment because we can’t understand
Maybe our Gold and God ARE the same
With lessons coming from the same Beam of Light.
Over and over the same lessons learned.
Or just passed off as ‘the way things are’.
“We can’t be wrong; we have all the Love.”
But we never thought we were repeating
Our transgressions in Volumes stretching
Over 2000 years of our Love of possessions.
Compassion for others has been our sanctity
To rectify our minds and spiritual Salvation.
Again we will pass over the meaning of
God’s love and in His Name we will
Take the high road to ‘Punish the Infidels’.
Maybe the lightning and thunder of last night
Awakened a Truth in others besides me-
Maybe put the Sword back in the ‘Holster’?
Finding the men responsible for our Plight
And having those who listen to the same God as ours
Over for Supper some Evening.
Joy Flaherty
Berkeley