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Oh you ravens of power seek
and fight over your dwindling reign
Cawing at it all with ravenous beaks
flapping desperately over others fates
Your thirst reaches across the seas
to where your wings don’t belong
Beady eyes see more than we
no line between right and wrong
Many fall and die
as you bicker amongst yourselves
ignorant of the cries
and their sorry hell
Mistakes made in the past
wary are you all now
Always the innocent hit hard
blocking out the screams sounds
But power the greatest high
addicted you all are
In history books you wish to fly
as your future epitaph
War is what you seek
it always is and will be
Not to help those in need
to keep yourselves in power we believe
How many wars does it take
oh, how many?
Before you see your mistakes
and leave this world empty…
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Posted in: Poetry
Meta4z
Sep 9, 2013
Brilliant piece!
Darren Greenidge
Sep 9, 2013
Thanks for that. It’s a bit of a touchy subject with the Syria story at the moment but thought I’d give it a go.
johncoyote
Sep 9, 2013
In my lifetime. The help of the USA was none. Vietnam, Panama, Cuba, Iran and Iraq. We set our favorite leaders up and they failed. People in ancient countries don’t need our help. The people will overcome poor leadership. War leave no winners. I pray we use logic. Sending soldiers and bombs into a country mean you are a evader. I pray we use logic. Send water, food and medicine. Kindness can calm down area in great stress and in internal struggle. Thank you for your thoughts on a difficult topic.
Darren Greenidge
Sep 9, 2013
I totally agree and thank-you for your insightful words!