A World I Love:)
Poems of Truth...why shouldn't it be told?
A conquering civilisation cannot flourish through the oppression of another; for the seeds of aggression will turn bloom into ashes, and the grains grown from such shameful deeds will engulf the aggressors into suffocation.
No good will ever come from such actions.
The sad part are those who gave their lives in the name of a country and honoured in the name of valour and bravery.
For those looking for the Truth, one must go back in time, decades and centuries, and read the thoughts, facts and figures of not just the Conquerors, but also of those oppressed into submission.
Still, we can never tell, who's right and who's wrong...even thoughts, facts and figures can be wronged...However, what determines a probability to a certainty are repeated actions and intentions...These are the same drivers from long past history into current motivators: The outcome is the same.
I just wonder...has it been beneficial?...I wonder, despite all the fame, honours and glorious history, are those who have been laid to rest truly in Peace?
The cynic will say: 'Who cares! They have no feelings! They're all dead anyway...'
I say: 'We need to care!' Their feelings remain and lingers in a nagging complaint: The plundering is still taking place, can no one feel their wailing away, their cries and stomps beating echoes of silence within...I feel their stare full of reproach. They know what it's like to live with a rotten self...
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"The world is supported by four things only:
The learning of the wise,
The justice of the great,
The prayers of the righteous,
And the valour of the brave."
Written by Philip Hitti, a young Lebanese poet of the early 20th century; quoted in 'A World I Loved' by Wadad Makdisi Cortas (p.27)
http://brightonfestival.org/event/455/a_world_i_loved
A conquering civilisation cannot flourish through the oppression of another; for the seeds of aggression will turn bloom into ashes, and the grains grown from such shameful deeds will engulf the aggressors into suffocation.
No good will ever come from such actions.
The sad part are those who gave their lives in the name of a country and honoured in the name of valour and bravery.
For those looking for the Truth, one must go back in time, decades and centuries, and read the thoughts, facts and figures of not just the Conquerors, but also of those oppressed into submission.
Still, we can never tell, who's right and who's wrong...even thoughts, facts and figures can be wronged...However, what determines a probability to a certainty are repeated actions and intentions...These are the same drivers from long past history into current motivators: The outcome is the same.
I just wonder...has it been beneficial?...I wonder, despite all the fame, honours and glorious history, are those who have been laid to rest truly in Peace?
The cynic will say: 'Who cares! They have no feelings! They're all dead anyway...'
I say: 'We need to care!' Their feelings remain and lingers in a nagging complaint: The plundering is still taking place, can no one feel their wailing away, their cries and stomps beating echoes of silence within...I feel their stare full of reproach. They know what it's like to live with a rotten self...
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"The world is supported by four things only:
The learning of the wise,
The justice of the great,
The prayers of the righteous,
And the valour of the brave."
Written by Philip Hitti, a young Lebanese poet of the early 20th century; quoted in 'A World I Loved' by Wadad Makdisi Cortas (p.27)
http://brightonfestival.org/event/455/a_world_i_loved
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