In Response to Dr Susan L Chast's Poem ~ War/ Faith ~ 'A War Within A War ' ~

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A war within a war
A war so far a war on a star,
Detonating deafening destructing
A war on sand a war on land

   War on terror, war by error?
   War for the spoils war for the oils ?
   War on the young, war by the young,
   Hopeless, groundless, Timeless war;

A war by the armed, on the unarmed
A War by the strong, on the weak throng
A War by dress  a war of stress
A War of Mess by the Thoughtless;

    War  against flood war against Fire
    War to spend save, a war to an end?
    War against Age, War by Rage;
    A War on a stage a War in a cage

 A War of words a War with swords
 What Man is warring in or warring out
 Laying hiding killing mines,building
 crushing walls bridges, filling ditches lines

                              hear cries of enchained spirits ?
                             bodies writhing  raped, murdered 
                            NO WAR  the call  PEACE ‘the Aim'
                           NO MORE destroying,no false claim; 

 Senseless, pointless, meaningless,
Time to End Deifying WAR;
Time to End Unjust War just for power
A War within a War, a war within a War

                                A war started in the heavens above
                               a war cold unseen a war of Faith
                               Of Obedience surrender or of love
                               Nothing survives, but Good and Death 
                               

Comments

Susan said…
OH. Gosh! Reading this aloud, the marching meter and the flowing sounds make me see the attraction of war--at least as a word--but, as you clarify in your conclusion, there can be no winners, no survivors. Here we also have war on crime, on diseases, on drugs. I am not sure the images are useful.
September 2, 2014 at 9:25 PM
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