PEACE POPPIES
Make no mistake; do not believe
For soldiers dead I do not grieve.
But then I'm sad humanity
Does not yet have the 'eyes' to 'see'
The reason why we all can kill
By proxy, is we have no will
To find the way to get along
Because we must give up our 'song'.
No God, don't try to change my life!
It matters not it causes strife.
It is a life I will defend
But with the life of my dear friend,
My brother, sister, father, son.
I will remember everyone.
Two minutes I will gladly give
To those who die that I may live.
It seems to me it's just not right
That over our beliefs we fight.
I wish we all would volunteer
To give up theories we hold dear.
The place they were we'd fill with peace.
Remembrance Days would also cease.
A world however, without hate
Would still give cause to celebrate.
We could rejoice in lives not lost;
In living life without that cost.
We could remember when we found
Togetherness on common ground.
We could recite some poetry
About how pleasant peace can be.
To demonstrate we really care
White poppies on our hearts we'd wear.
see REMEMBRANCE DAY ,WAR and MOM, WAR and PEACE, SOLDIER'S LAMENT
Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 06:03AM
Reader Comments (7)
Very true. However, I would still want to remember those who lost their lives along the way in the senseless wars. The secret word in all of this and in all of our lives is "LOVE". If we practiced truly loving each other in the true sense of the word, there would be no more war. I think the truth about humanity was recognized many years ago when the Christian religion was founded.
Very thought provoking!
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"The truth about humanity" is that when we create a system of beliefs intended to give meaning to our lives we feel compelled to at least defend them and perhaps spread our beliefs. The consequence of both actions is conflict of all degrees including deadly war. Doug.E.Barr
If only we could follow Gods commandment,
'Thous shall now kill'
there would be no need for Remembrance, but sadly, for centuries this has been ignored.
Until that commandment is obeyed then we will always have Remembrance.
We simply cannot forget all who have given their lives through wars, through terrorist acts, and through hatred of one another.
At least if we remember to remember them we will at least pause and reflect on the futility of it all.
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Arguments over "God's commandments" have spilled a lot of blood. It is better not to introduce another source of conflict into our lives. There are not that many sources of conflict so if the time we spend each year remembering were instead spent removing them from our lives, in a few years we would have peace. Doug.E.Barr
You guys, the soldiers, r my heros and i wish you guys the best when traveling through the country saving us, your people, your freind Meghan Johnson
I have just read this and think it is a great poem. Like another person posting a message above me, I still think we should remember those that have past away, and as the poem tells us, continue to honour their names by having peace throughout the world, so that their sacrifice was not wasted.
Thanks for posting it.............
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Thanks for posting your comment. I agree we should remember. Furthermore I believe we should not confine our remembrance to one day or to a week. We should remember every second of our lives; and as we remember I believe we should be so overcome by guilt for perpetuating ways of living that require conflict, we feel compelled remove those sources of conflict so that we can live in peace and no longer have to remember those who die in war. Peace. Doug.E.Barr
bad poem u need to eat butt bye nowww
wonderfully put. This allows one to explore more in their mind and make it personal