We live in this wonderful world
But so many do not see it,
See the wonders that are around us.
Are they blind!
Or are they greedy,
They want all for themselves,
Don’t care of anybody else!
They fight each other
Creating hostility in our world.
Why do they fight?
What do they want?
They want more power!
Power to do what?
To have control over others!
But why?
If ever they get that power
Somebody will say no,
And the fighting starts once more!
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: February 25th, 2022 02:17
- Comment from author about the poem: Just a mini rant!
- Category: Sociopolitical
- Views: 57
- Users favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek, spilleronsheet.
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Good rant Gold.
Than k you Orchi.
I think it is absolutely necessary to have a mini rant when the moment requires it .. indeed under todays grim circumstances, I think a collective mini rant on behalf of all the currently oppressed in what should be a global democracy is badly needed ... I have already said my piece but elsewhere and fear that in isolation, it will probably be as effective as trying to parry a high velocity bullet with a fart ... but boy did I feel better for it ...
Neville
Thank you Neville, yes we can rant but it relieves our minds but does not do anything about the situation.
Andy
It is about power and greed and showing that you can do what you want and no one can stop you. Man’s inhumanity against man.
Very true Rozina, very true.
Andy
'for every flower, we witness
in our lives
we must first, eradicate
a field of weeds
knowing, all along
those weeds will return
with twice the gluttonous, greed
and that flower will wilt
far, too soon
but
in our heart, that scene
in Spring
of a budding goodness
achieving its blossom
will outlast
all the weeds, of life
we've had to overcome...'
(''Beauty is truth, truth beauty,--that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.")
from 'Ode on A Grecian Urn', by Keats
( https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-14542 )
Thank you for that Mek. Most appropriate.
Andy
Or (and thinking about a certain current warring 'leader') somebody assasinates them to steal their power.
My heart goes out to the innocents living in peace but this day know they are facing likely death at the hands of russian armed forces.
Will we ever have peace in our world - I cannot see it happening in our lifetime d a.
Andy
As simple as it sounds, power is more than most people can handle, It has more power over us than we have over it and we never realize until time has passed over our misdeeds into our consequences.
Very true PPD, thank you for your comments.
Andy
That is honestly the sad truth of this chaotic world Andy
It surely is blue orchid.
Andy
The anguish inside
Can’t be held longer inside
Justified is the mini rant
Giving it lines
Thank you spilleronsheet.
Andy
We do seem to diminish our humanity with every act of violence, selfishness, greed. And yet there are those who continue to point the way to our salvation. Maybe some day we'll listen. Thank you for summing it up so well!
Thank you for your comments Bella, it may happen one day but I do not think that I will see it as my time of life.
Andy
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