For Lack There Of

Accidental Poet



 

There’s a void in the world

A void that has always needed more

Love in the hearts of people

Peace and understanding behind that door

 

Love to take the place of

Hatred, vengeance and violence

For people to come together

Communicate and end the silence

 

If we are to grow as a species

And not cause our own demise

We need to see love in ourselves

And finally open our eyes

 

We were not put on this Earth

To birth its destruction

We need the building blocks of love

To begin its reconstruction

 

Let’s wipe the slate clean

Put aside all weapons of arms 

Fill our world with love

Embrace with unified arms

 

Or we will destroy ourselves

Animals, mammals and plant life too

The Earth a dead burnt out planet

A sad ending view

 

But maybe it’s not too late

If we can dig down deep for love

To love our world and everyone in it

The lack there of

 

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  • Neville


    Filled to the point of overflowing with important and likewise irrefutable universal truths & of course just the write amount of insight & love ..

    • Accidental Poet

      Thanks N, just doing my part to lift the world up a little from the mess its in. πŸ˜‰πŸ‘

    • Cassie58

      Peace and understanding. Sounds so simple doesn’t it? Most of us want the same. We just have to live in hope. Love instead of conflict. Beautifully penned dear poet.

      • Accidental Poet

        Thanks Cassie, yes it would seem the simple and obvious choice. But people seem to be hung up on aggression and fighting. I also think that power hungry egotistical world leaders need to grow up and pull up their big boy pants and join the real world for unified peace.

      • orchidee

        Good write AP.
        I gotta love KP too? Arrgghhh! lol.

        • Accidental Poet

          Socially? Yes, romantically? Run away as fast as you can Orchi. I heard that KP got a gold medal for the 100-yard dash at 5 seconds. Why are you still standing there Orchi? Get going. 😁

        • GenXer Shamrocker ☘️

          A beautiful poem of what is needed now more than ever!

          • Accidental Poet

            Thanks GenXer. The song in the video came out in 1965, and you're right. It's still needed now more than ever. When will we humans ever learn? Will we ever learn?

            • GenXer Shamrocker ☘️

              Some of do while others just don’t understand

              • Accidental Poet

                But its not that hard to understand. Live with peace or die from wars. Sometimes I have to wonder if they just want the whole world to blow up.

              • Bella Shepard

                I was a sophomore in high school when Jackie DeShannon recorded this incredible song, the
                60's: hope, make love not war, activism. Young people, on campuses around the country, rebelled against injustice, prejudice, senseless war. They were fearless, breaking barriers, and as I read your oh so true words, I find myself saddened for the courage that we've lost. I suppose, perversely many of those who marched grew up to become the complacent. Let's hope that our young people today, have the visual clarity to see what is being left to them, and the love in their hearts to change the world, they are the future. Thank you dear friend for your remarkable social conscience, and for gifting us with this remarkable poem. A thousand fav's!

                • Accidental Poet

                  I'm younger than you Bella, but I do remember all that you mentioned. Its just unbelievable that our leaders didn't learn anything from the 60's. And you're right it's the young people of today that will inherit this mess if we can't resolve it. Thank you Bella for your compliments and comments. A thousand favs, WOW, thank you doesn't seem enough. πŸ˜‰

                • Lil

                  This is wonderful and from the heart. You have an talent. Keep using it.

                  • Accidental Poet

                    Thank you Lil, I plan to. πŸ˜‰

                  • Teddy.15

                    Yeh, what the world need now is love sweet love. A gorgeous version of the song and an absolutely heartfelt read my dear A.P I bow this evening to the beauty of your heart Sir.

                    • Accidental Poet

                      Thank you Teddy. I'm all smiles. 😁

                    • Thomas W Case

                      Powerful and poignant. Fantastic work.

                    • Goldfinch60

                      If only this could happen AP, the world would be a wonderful place.

                      Andy

                      • Accidental Poet

                        I've not given up hope yet Andy. I hear it said that there's always hope. Thank you for the read.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        A beautiful thought yet it seems so far away. I have written on this several times and it seems that although we pride ourselves on our technological progress we have never had a social revolution to take us out of a world of hate, anger, and war. Well written with good meter and rhyme.

                        • Accidental Poet

                          Thank you soren, I've written on it too a few times. But who listens to poets except other poets? It's a sad state we live in within these modern times. A Russian and a North Korean both threatening to launch nuclear weapons. I sense God looking down at our world and shaking his head saying, "They just don't get it." πŸ™„



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