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Posted: 3/31/2009 5:08:36 AM | if planets had eyes
it would be a great surprise
to look at them through space
and see them looking back at us.....
and if they had a face
would their look be of disgrace
for all we continue to do
to this planet and each other in this place?
if planets had hearts
would they send love of the greatest magnitude
down to our bit of earth and ground
and really raise our attitude we spread around?
if planets had souls
would they remind us of our goals
to live as one in this incredible exploration
and remember there is so much blessing to uphold?
we've been granted our greatest wish
to live as one upon this earth's solar dish
to rise like the tide when the moon's in the sky
to be anything and everything we could wish....
and yet we've chosen to close our hearts
to close our minds of all that's divine
to use and abuse and be told 'it's fine'
but when will we see when we kill each other, we kill a bit of eternity?
inspired by seahorsey's poem on the previous page | |
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Posted: 3/31/2009 6:06:40 AM | Wisdom from A Course In Miracles...
“The way is not difficult, it is very different”
“Love holds no grievances”
“It is as sure that those who hold grievances will redefine God in their own image, as it is certain that God created them like Himself, and defined them as part of Him.
It is as sure that those who hold grievances will suffer guilt, as it is certain that those who forgive will find peace.
It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember.
“What could you want that forgiveness cannot give?
Do you want peace? Forgiveness offers it.
Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of purpose, and a sense of worth and beauty that transcends the world? Do you want care and safety and the warmth of sure protection always? Do you want a quietness that cannot be disturbed, a gentleness that never can be hurt, a deep abiding comfort, and a rest so perfect it can never be upset?
All this forgiveness offers you and more” | |
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Posted: 3/31/2009 7:40:10 AM |
Simply said global be our head
Weary our days on this said bed
A making of our own we groan
Truly blessed our dreams are owned
Calling for Peace addresses the rest WeAre1
inspired to say the least ... smile | |
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Posted: 3/31/2009 2:27:30 PM | "....Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of purpose,
and a sense of worth and beauty that transcends the world?
Do you want care and safety and the warmth of sure protection always?
Do you want a quietness that cannot be disturbed,
a gentleness that never can be hurt, a deep abiding comfort,
and a rest so perfect it can never be upset? ..."
yes, kayakker....yes to all of these questions....thank you for bringing here
the words of wisdom from the Course that offer a way of peace through forgiveness....
and seahorsey, I agree, "....truly blessed our dreams are owned...." | |
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Posted: 4/1/2009 12:02:55 PM | I hope this is OK to post this here it certainly is a call for peace, a paradigm shift, and a beautiful world...
The Obama Administration has asked the "Evolutionary Leaders" to communicate about what is transpiring on the planet, and how we can change the course of the unprecedented events that are challenging this planet. This is a window of opportunity that must be taken! A deadline was given for this information to be conveyed to the Obama Administration.
The Evolutionary Leaders, including Deepak Chopra, Gregg Braden, Michael Beckwith and many, many others (see Founding Signatories below) gathered together to write up the information to present to the Obama Administration. They are also asking us to sign a petition to show the Administration how many people are in favor of these changes occuring. They hope to collect 100,000 signatures. We need your help to reach that number and beyond! Below is the information presented to the New Administration.
The petition link can be found here:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/248704259
By the Evolutionary Leaders
The human family is in the midst of the most significant transformation of consciousness since its emergence in Africa over one hundred thousand years ago. Consciousness has been evolving for billions of years from the first cell to us. We are becoming aware that through our own consciousness the universe can know itself. This awareness reveals incredible new potential for our individual and collective humanity.
Simultaneously, we are the first species on this Earth aware that we can destroy ourselves by our own action. This may be the greatest wake-up call to the evolution of consciousness since the origin of Homo Sapiens. We now realize that we are affecting our own evolution by everything we do. This knowledge awakens in us the aspiration to become more conscious through subjective practices including meditation, reflection, prayer, intuition, creativity, and conscious choice making that accelerate our evolution in the direction of unity consciousness and inspire us to deeply align our collective vision.
THE CHALLENGE
At this juncture in human history, urgent global crises challenge us to learn to live sustainably, in harmony and gratitude with one another and with the living universe. The changes required of humanity are broad, deep, and far reaching. Only by acting swiftly and creatively can we birth a planetary culture that will bring well-being to every form of life in the Earth community. The good news is that a compelling new story of our potential as a whole human species is emerging--a story of collaboration, citizen action, dialogue and new understandings propelled by unprecedented levels of democratic freedom, multicultural exchange, and access to communication technologies. It is nothing less than the story of our collective evolution.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION
We recognize that the inner and outer aspects of life evolve together. A dramatic awakening in consciousness will involve an equally dramatic shift in outward aspects of our lives. In particular, we see the following as vital opportunities for our conscious evolution, both personally and collectively:
Cultivating a Paradigm of Aliveness: We regard the universe as deeply alive and conscious by nature. In a living universe, our sense of subtle connection and participation with life around us is the basis for a compassionate and cooperative approach to living.
Educating for an Evolving Consciousness: Awakening consciousness is the foundation for all the change we seek to see in the world. We can work to elevate our capacity for conscious reflection and creative action in our personal lives as well as our collective lives as communities. We must support research and educational strategies that optimize human capacities and explore the nature of consciousness.
Restoring Ecological Balance: The balance of planetary ecosystems is fundamental to our survival. We must reverse the pollution of our global commons-the water, air and soil that nourish all life. We must encourage the proliferation of clean, renewable energy sources and expend all necessary resources toward mitigating the effects of climate change.
Encouraging Conscious Media: We must find innovative ways to use the new electronic media as the mirror of our positive evolutionary story, investing in their capacity to reach across differences of generation, culture, religion, wealth and gender to build a working consensus about our collective future.
Engaging in Social and Political Transformation: More sustainable ways of living will require the support of a more conscious democracy and vibrant civil society from which more enlightened leaders will emerge. All individuals should be encouraged to use their gifts to create participatory, responsible and compassionate models of governance.
Working for Integrity in Commerce: Conscious businesses that are aware of the scope, depth, and long-range impacts of their actions are key to achieving sustainability. Business must become an ethical steward of the Earth's ecology and consciously establish an economic basis for a future of equitably shared abundance.
Promoting Health and Healing: The science of mind-body-spirit health has demonstrated the profound connection between the health of a whole person and the health of the system in which he or she lives. Whole systems healing, respecting both traditional knowledge and modern sciences, must be supported in physical, social, and spiritual domains.
Building Global Community: The new story is about all of us who share this planet. Together, we can create a culture of peace that eliminates the need for armed conflict, respecting and appreciating the glorious diversity of our human family.
YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VITAL
Our group has done its best to articulate possibilities for the evolution of consciousness at this crucial moment in time. Please reflect on this document, feel what resonates in your being and calls forth a response on your part. We invite you to discuss it with others, continuing this global conversation by adding to it the wisdom that is uniquely your own.. Together, let us co-create a new narrative of conscious evolution that is a call to individual and collective action, birthing the most significant transformation of consciousness in history. Join in the Call to Conscious Evolution by signing the pledge now.
The petition link can be found here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/248704259
FOUNDING SIGNATORIES
ChopraCenter, Carlsbad, California , July 26, 2008 and Michael Beckwith, Joan Borysenko, Gregg Braden, Rinaldo Brutoco, Thomas Callanan, Deepak Chopra, Mallika Chopra, Dale Colton, Gordon, Dveirin, Duane Elgin, Leslie Elkus, Barbara Fields, Debbie Ford, Ashok Gangadean, Kathleen Gardarian, Tom Gegax, Charles Gibbs, Kathy Hearn, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Bruce Lipton, Judy Martin, Rod McGrew, Steve McIntosh, Lynne McTaggart, Deborah Moldow, James O'Dea, Carter Phipps, Wendy Craig-Purcell, Carolyn Rangel, Rustum Roy, Peter Russell, Gerard Senehi, Emily Squires, Brian Swimme, Diane Williams, Marianne Williamson, Tom Zender.
I hope you will join me today and sign the petition and forward this information to your contacts. Thank you for your time and consideration. | |
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Posted: 4/3/2009 3:28:44 AM | ^thank you for posting this here....it is very exciting and extremely valid if the president is determined to find conscious ways to improve things through unity....
i have signed the petition.....
woke this morning to this song playing on the radio - found myself hearing the words fully, maybe for the first time, so am posting them here.....
it is all part of the goal of peace, in each of us, which will be felt by all of us....by every being....or so I believe....
FOREVER YOUNG©
Live 02 Sep 1995 version
Bob Dylan (spoken intro): Now a buddy of mine is gonna come up and play one of my old songs... Mr. Bruce Springsteen... Let me hear you say "Bruuuce"!
Bob Dylan: May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
Bruce Springsteen: May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Dylan and Springsteen: Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
Bruce Springsteen: May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
Bob Dylan: May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Dylan and Springsteen: Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
Bob Dylan: May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
Bruce Springsteen: May your heart always be joyful
May your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Dylan and Springsteen: Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young
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The above lyrics are for the 02 Sep 1995 performance at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, during the concert for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
The song was performed as a duet with Bob Dylan, and the above lyrics are for that performance. The concert was broadcast live by various TV stations in the US.
The above lyrics are for the 02 Sep 1995 performance with Bob Dylan. Check also the live 22 Oct 1987 version and Bob Dylan's original version.
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Posted: 4/3/2009 10:42:21 PM | tender children, alone but together in all festers of nightengale songs...
alone but together in all the trebles and burning decibals of branches...
breathing symphonies birthing burning burying through civilization...
accumulations of ashes, and more ashes, the graven
Images
(Ashes
And
Ashes)
our hearts phantasm to grasp...
Something!
an unseen unheard, unencompassed passing deleting energy...
In the Wind!
all earth blows, shatters, turns to glass, and blows in infinite cherubims...
the angelic hymns, high accolades and polished replies....
The wind dies...
The wind dies...
God demands sacrifice...
Not just praises and words...
He wants LIFE. (not death) Life.
Show me life in the heart that is ripe...
To Love...
(to live Just to love...)
Again...
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Dedicated to Beloved and also Infinitely Loving WeAreOne and all her Very Lovely and also Very Loving Friends, especially the ones who posted recently on this touching and profound thread such as (of course) wonderful Kayakker and inspiring SeaHorsey :)
(Double-Posting Peace Sign!!)
Not that innocently, either (lol)
Cheers Everyone! That means Everyone! New Posters (I mean POETS!!!!!!!!!) here at the Poetry Forum and us old crumudgeons! The New POETS (I mean POSTers) have had wonderful poems and pictures lately haven't they, TRUE! and Much Affection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mwahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
to new and old poets alike...
With a special sprinkle of Double InNocence! (Haha) 
Have a good night everyone. Missed ya.
Double Mwah Mwah
(Lol)
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Posted: 4/4/2009 4:13:48 AM | "....all earth blows, shatters, turns to glass, and blows in infinite cherubims...."
wow, dear angel, what an incredible image!!!
so glad to see you return, this time on wings of paradise.....
wings of paradise
strongly fluttering
gently hovering
leaving angel dust
wherever you fly
teaching all of us
it's ok to really convey
what's in our hearts' eye
and through your vision
and incredible imagination
your Spirit comes through
that is such an inspiration
and utterly very beautiful
showing how energy can flow
and still be completely peaceful!!
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Posted: 4/4/2009 4:42:52 AM | WeAre1...
I have been reading EVERY Single Word you post, darling ;) as usual...
And what strikes me is your very vivid and discerning and ascertaining intelligence rich in harmony and peace keeping but still so ever brilliantly and steadily nuanced, exasperating the wage and rage towards all other avenues except for peace...
You sweetheart, are an apologist for peace, a defender of diverse harmonies, a lover of mankind, womankind, children and the universe...
I am so happy and privileged to have you as a friend of mine :) I learn from you and through your gentlely wise ways that radiate such kindnesses everyday!
WeAre1
You make me smile deep in my heart in the most profound way...........................
Your innermost essence and heartfelt soul has an accumulation of ancient mysteries found in the holies of God's divine love, a rich ambrosia of abundance in hearts of L O V E...............
sincerely your friend (just me),
margarita
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Posted: 4/4/2009 10:43:34 AM | thank you, but please know we all have all sides.....there are times peace does not flow also...like with everybody....
it's almost like learning to say no and not give any energy to anything that is negative, internally or externally......
much easier said than done and one of the biggest challenges of my journey.....another reason for this thread...
I was driving back from a job just now and had Paul Simon playing from his cd,
'You're the One'.....quite a mixture of his music released in 2000.....
and the very last song caught me and I kept putting it on, for I kept getting distracted .....
but the words spoke to me finally and I realized I wished to post them here.....
"Quiet".....words and music by Paul Simon
I am heading for a time of quiet
When my restlessness is past
And I can lie down on my blanket
And release my fists at last
I am heading for a time of solitude
Of peace without illusions
When the perfect circle
Marries all beginnings and conclusions
And when they say
That you're not good enough
Well the answer is
You're not
But who are they
Or what is it
That eats at what you've got
With the hunger of ambition
For the change inside the purse
They are handcuffs on the soul, my friends
Handcuffs on the soul
And worse
I am heading for a place of quiet
Where the sage and sweetgrass grow
By a lake of sacred water
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Posted: 4/9/2009 11:13:27 AM | And they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Yet blindness knows not of the merit of seeing without sight
Veiled and contorted imagery instilled in the mind by dutiful patrons who wistfully surrender to what was previously passed on to them
Sad really that we continue to engage ourselves in like manner simply because that is what we have seen
Horses with blinders on both sides of their eyes, placed there by their tenders, plow straight and even furrows
Steady and true
Straight and percise
Unrestricted by other stimuli
Objectives are the means to an end and peace can be accomplished in a universal and expansive manner if we simply mimic the pattern set forth by the horse and its tender
Unencumber by the stimulus of hostility and contention
Furrowing our own pattern of harmony
Given enough contenders who refuse to alter their course
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Posted: 4/9/2009 6:13:53 PM | ^^Thank you for sharing your wisdom here
and writing is so beautifully and truthfully.
I can see, as you say, if we all stay focused
completely on the goal of not moving in any way
other than on the path of peace, then it will naturally unfold....
Perhaps it is a matter of taking the blinders off...
of realizing where the patterns and in some ways, 'traditions',
have kept war in our minds and hearts without questioning why?
Or what? Or who we are to fight so strongly for beliefs that might
not be in the interests of everybody, but for perhaps just a few people selfishly....
There are so many levels of ways we enslave our selves, of ways we fight our selves,
and as we treat our selves, we treat each other....
I pray this day, not in the future, but right now, we start to
see
truly
the unity
of humanity
all sisters and brothers
with no more fighting each other
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Posted: 4/10/2009 8:51:09 AM | Thank you for shedding a different perspective in regards to "blinders"
The horses are allowed to see directly in front of them which allows them to furrow without stubbling on what may perhaps be unlevel ground
The blinders are an effect tool that is utilized to allow the horses to keep focus
The human blinders that we wear are a disregard for the suffering of others
Blinders put in place that allow us to survive in our own reality
It is merely a matter of determining the method and manner in which we use our own blinders
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Posted: 4/10/2009 6:13:07 PM | There's a pure white dove,
Sent from God Above,
A purposeful bird,
With sweet song to be heard.
Be kind, not cruel,
Share donkey and mule,
To help others on life's way,
Do a good deed each day.
Empathise with the troubled,
Prevent woes from being doubled.
Hear the cry of the meek,
Listen when others speak.
Be honest and true,
Words straight and few.
Give generously where there is need,
Have no part in greed.
Leave envy be,
Appreciate every tree.
Respect and care for one another,
Like loving sister and brother.
Race, colour, religion, creed - no matter,
Material dreams can come to grief and shatter.
There's a beautiful dream that can become reality,
Calling for, and having peace reign,
Across every land and sea. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2009 6:35:11 PM | give me happiness! just give it to me. free of charge.
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on another note:
[Request for Forgiveness]
Avidya was upon me. So
Artemis addressed me as, Faux.
I had fallen in love with
Creativity: I neglected Artemis.
Had Athena forsook me? I
Stood in blankness; unaware of
The undercurrent of disgust. I
Had affronted Artemis.
I noticed her hands shiver.
Artemis had the shakes. What
Had occurred? Who had afflicted
Artemis? She tries so hard.
I was blind. I could not see.
Artemis sensed Avidya upon me.
Before she read aloud, she looked
Upon me: I saw sincerity’s agony.
Artemis, how do I redeem a fated
Moment? It has become particles.
How do I locate the lost fragments?
Artemis, I failed; forgive my cruelty! | |
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Posted: 4/11/2009 4:35:28 AM | domut - i understand better now how blinders help the horses stay focused....
perhaps we are not so different after all.....for often it is our own distractions
that lead us away from our heart's and soul's goals....that break our focus too...
may peace and love be with you in all you do
tranquilrose - so good to hear from you!
thank you for leaving your poem of wisdom and sensitivity....
"...There's a beautiful dream that can become reality..."...yes, I feel this also, starting with each of us....
to the white dove in you, may she fly beautifully and peacefully
naiveandwitty - "....I saw sincerity's agony..."...yes, dear man....
yet, as with all of us, please do not let your happiness or unhappiness be determined by others....
nor your peacefulness.....as I wish for all across the planet and beyond, if energy really does travel infinitely....
I pray we learn to transcend and truly heal the lack of peace that is so prevalent and seems so real.
By the way, I hardly see in any of your poetry what I would call naivety...moreso, to me you speak with wisdom and clarity
and a wonderful body of knowledge shared very creatively....thank you for leaving your presence here | |
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Posted: 4/12/2009 5:38:20 AM | I woke one night
Within a dream
And touched
The solid ether.
All seemed real
As the other
Awake place…
Is one more real,
Or neither?
Just who “creates”
That world in dreams,
And who is it that “makes”
the other.
The fabric of both
Time and space
Is illusion not thy mother?
Navigating here it’s important
To understand
You hold the rudder,
For you’ll steer for Love
And you’ll have Peace
Only when
You give them
To each other
Call it Karma, or the Golden rule,
Let forgiveness be your chart,
It matters not what others do,
If you’re lost before you start
If we want peace, and Love and joy,
To have it we must give it.
If we want Love with in our lives
Then surely we must Live it.
To all that post here, I believe you are touching more people than just those who read these posts.
The true spirit extends, and expands, like ripples from a rock thrown on a calm pond. I believe you are
Reaching the world, you have touched mine, and I thank you. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2009 3:22:20 PM | ^^thank you, k, for your poem!
"....If we want peace, and Love and joy,
To have it we must give it.
If we want Love with in our lives
Then surely we must Live it."
I so agree, my friend....
feeling your words of wisdom
give direction and speak truthfully
if we want to live lovingly and peacefully ....
your thoughts also lead me to these....
'...if we want peace, and love and joy'
then we must be peace, and love and joy. | |
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Posted: 4/17/2009 4:09:02 AM | Tao Te Ching.....#68....Compassion
"Compassion is the finest weapon and best defence.
If you would establish harmony,
Compassion must surround you like a fortress.
Therefore,A good soldier does not inspire fear;
A good fighter does not display aggression;
A good conqueror does not engage in battle;
A good leader does not exercise authority.
This is the value of unimportance;
This is how to win the cooperation of others;
This to how to build the same harmony that is in nature. "
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Posted: 4/17/2009 6:13:25 AM | Some are convinced there is nothing worth fighting or dying for
Some are in a position to send others to fight and die
Some are dying in self-defense on foreign soil out of ignorance
Some are defending their homeland from invaders from all quarters
Some who send the others have a score to settle
Some who send the others are wagering to win
In the battlefield there isn't time to change your mind.
Are we more innocent than they?
All who fight are doomed to lose
Their hope is that we who live in peace will save them.
How many of the soldiers have people who care enough, in their relative safety,
to use their words and their bodies to call for peace again and again in the land where there is freedom to speak and peaceably assemble.
My own son has joined our military and I am proud of him for wanting to serve. He couldn't help it that he was mislead. He couldn't help it that he was a trusting soul. So many of our soldiers are that way. Tender souls who only want to be able to support a family. They want spouses and babies and the only way they see to accomplish that is to do the honorable thing and sign away--in my son's case, eight years of his life to his government, every day to be willing to lay down his life for his country. I don't mean to stereotype or speak on their behalf, that has just been my experience with these beautiful souls over the past year.
Young people who will be his enemy are just as tender and bruised.
Forgive me for stating the obvious and preaching to the choir. This is my norning meditation.
I look forward to reading more in this thread.
Ps. My son would kill me for going on like this.
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Posted: 4/17/2009 6:31:06 PM | A poem I really enjoy
A VISITOR FROM THE PAST
by Thelen Paulk
I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand.
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by the bed,
He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:
"We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty.
We wrote the Constitution, as a shield from tyranny,
For future generations, this legacy we gave,
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave."
"The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep.
But tyrants labored endlessly, while your parents were asleep.
Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more
than a slave,
In this, the land of the free and the home of the brave."
"You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun,
Permits to start a business, or to build a place for one.
On land that you believe you own, you pay a yearly rent,
Although you have no voice in choosing how the money's spent."
"Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate.
Your Christian values can't be taught, according to the state.
You read about the current news, in a regulated press.
You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the I.R.S."
"Your money is no longer made of silver or of gold.
You trade your wealth for paper, so your life can be controlled.
You pay for crimes that make our nation turn from God in shame,
You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded in your name."
"You've given government control to those who do you harm,
So they can padlock churches, and steal the family farm,
And keep the country deep in debt, put men of God in jail,
Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted courts prevail."
"Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn.
Your daughters visit doctors so their children won't be born.
Your leaders ship artillery and guns to foreign shores,
And send your sons to slaughter, fighting other people's wars."
"Can you regain freedom for which we fought and died?
Or don't you have the courage or the faith to stand with pride?
Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?
Or do you wish your children to live in fear and be a slave?"
"Sons of the Republic, arise and take a stand!
Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!
Preserve our great republic and each God-given right,
And pray to God to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!"
As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from which he came.
His words were true, we are not free. We have ourselves to blame.
For even now as tyrants trample each God-given right,
We only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand and fight.
If he stood by your bedside, in a dream while you're asleep,
And wondered what remains of our rights he fought to keep,
What would be your answer, if he called out from the grave?
Is this still the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?
(As long as there are disputes there is freedom, world peace is not possible. Utopia is like a fisherman's hook it is baited with perfection but barbed and dangerous to your life.) | |
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Posted: 4/18/2009 5:26:54 PM | "The Man He Killed" by Thomas Hardy
"Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
"But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him and he at me,
And killed him in his place.
"I shot him dead because –
Because he was my foe,
Just so – my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although
"He thought he'd 'list perhaps,
Off-hand like – just as I –
Was out of work – had sold his traps –
No other reason why.
"Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown." | |
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Posted: 4/18/2009 10:33:09 PM | "Out of the Darkness" by Graham Nash, David Crosby and Craig Doerge
'Here in the dark the dusty light is fading
The lonely night of waiting
Is passing the point and missing the mark
Be the light or love will fade away
Be the light or love will fade away
Here in the shade the leaves of change are falling down
Slowly trying to reach the ground
To touch the earth and turn around
Be the light or love will fade away
Be the light or love will fade away
Out of the darkness
Suddenly my body can take a breath
I'm coming out of the darkness
Finally my soul can take a rest
Here in th elight a lazy mist is lifting
And the sands of time are slowly shifting
Into the glass with the hours that pass
Be the light or love will fade away
Be the light or love will fade away
Out of the darkness
Suddenly my body can take a breath
I'm coming out of the darkness
Finally my soul can take a rest' | |
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| My Peace At The Tavern Song
Posted: 4/19/2009 12:21:48 AM | Waiting on the drifts of the extensive universe
I am one of many minds that exists in tumultuous times
OOOooo - Naa naa naa naa!
No matter how much ignorance society can claim
The tribulation - is still going to come
OOOooo - Naa naa naa naa!
The people's vanity has had avarice on Our Earth
And now the Sun has something to-be-done
OOOooo - Naa naa naa naa!
Being viable and self-sufficient [good change will come]
Sadly, change is an ego that materialize's thought
OOOooo - Naa naa naa naa!
Oh, my purpose is my light, and quixotic mind
Loving thy God and He will show me grace
OOOooo - Naa naa naa naa!
**began as poem- I wrote earlier in my journal, and revised some new rendering now; I must say... couplets are splendid to convey...!
P.S.
I actually wrote this without falling into it; well, on second reading, I might have become so elated I fell naked in a sweep; O' Thank you for the page to share.
~Lucid   | |
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| ~ Calling For Peace ~
Posted: 4/19/2009 5:35:32 AM | Peace and infinity,
Time and war
One or the other
It’s either or…
Know the truth
Will set you free
Timeless spirit
Eternity.
Living with serenity,
Change the world internally.
Projecting the Peace
You want to see.
Forgive the rest
For what they do
Until our leaders follow you.
Live for Peace
Lead the way
With all you think,
You do or say,
Till every person
on the earth
Sees in Peace just what it’s worth,
Learns the values of living it
And understands the laws and joys of giving it.
It’s time to end the egos rule
For Time is endless harsh and cruel,
Infinity beckons, with its call
For Peace for one,
For Peace for All
It calls for You to make a choice,
To waken with a gentle voice
Our sisters and our brothers,
Who lives with ego, lives with fear
Under stars and sun,
With out ego
Spirit’s here
Then Truly
We are one | |
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