Absence of Peace

I hope it’s okay if I release an emotional rant this Friday. It’s not my usual way, but I think it has a place in the current climate. I’d love to hear your thoughts on current events.

Peace & Love,

Light-weight,

condescension,

one too many

fail-to-mentions.

Silence,

ignorance,

secret talks in

‘open-air prison.’

Right hook,

majority,

thin-strip apprehension.

A staring match

continues because nobody

can make a simple decision.

Fat knot in an

old-fashioned pulley system.

A selfish refugee,

a persecuted bully

share a bomb,

a holy land,

Jerusalem.

It’s nobody’s fault.

Hot potato hostages,

stay hot.

A necessary requirement

this bloody solvent.

I’m letting go

of what no one controls,

before pass-the-buck,

kids-out-of-luck,

bombs and ammunition

makes me deny

my heart’s involvement.

Cover Art: “Jerusalem” by Jason Askew

16 responses to “Absence of Peace”

John

The evil one and its minions are working overtime and millions of people fail to see this…

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eob2

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1. eob2
  
  Guess it wouldn’t upload the link. YouTube the song by, Black Sabbath war pigs.
  
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2. K.F. Hartless
  
  Such an epic video. I’ve never seen it. . Thanks for sharing this, friend. Oh man. This song captures it all. 💜💜
  
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  1. eob2
    
    You’re welcome dear. 🤗💙
    
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Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse

This made me think and the awful thing is we watch it nightly on TV as before we watched Russia invade Ukraine. 😪

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1. K.F. Hartless
  
  Yes. I got wrapped up in the news about Israel, but there are so many parallels there as well. Thanks, Carolyn.
  
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johnlmalone

if there was ever a time for ranting, K, this is it; I’m horrified and revulsed; the issue seems simple: you don’t take it out on civilians on either side — but whenever has this stopped combatants ?

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1. K.F. Hartless
  
  It’s horrible when humans are treated like pawns. I don’t want to look away, but I feel powerless to help. I guess I’m one of those pawns, too.
  
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Colleen M. Chesebro

K, I had goosebumps reading your poem. Such truth spoken holds power. We can let it go. So true. Thank you for such a powerful write. 💜

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1. K.F. Hartless
  
  Thank you, Colleen. It’s hard for me to keep the problems of the world separate from my own worries, a small black stone in a bucket in comparison. Writing about it helps, though.
  
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tiffanyarpdaleo

Well written my friend.

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1. K.F. Hartless
  
  Thank you, Tiff. I appreciate your comment. Hope all is well with you, friend.
  
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EclecticMusicLover

The regular people just trying to live their lives are usually the ones who suffer most.

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1. K.F. Hartless
  
  Yes. I think sometimes how we keep going on with all that suffering happening around us, or even when its far away.
  
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The Amethyst Lamb

What an excellent poem. I liked the cadence of it. Fit well with the theme.

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