I have recently been influenced by a number of people I have met who work tirelessly, and without expectations of reward, for the cause of peace.
These people inspired me to write the following poem, and to try to articulate some of my feelings about the war zones across the globe, the ones we see every day in the news, and the ones the media conveniently forgets.
Isn’t it time we all started to campaign for peace, and an end to all the senseless violence and suffering throughout the world?
Us and Them
We see them on the news
The faces of the war dead
We pity them
And send money
We see them on the news
Faces of victims, the abused
We pity them
And send money
We see them on the news
Faces starved and burned and bruised
We pity them
And send money
We see them on the news
Faces of bombers, murderers, and youths
We hate them
And send rockets
When will we understand?
That what we all should be fighting for
Is peace.
08/10/2013
S J Menary
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