War ConversationThem: We need a war, where can we find one and who will we choose to hate – and why?Another Them: Does it matter?First Them: Ah…good thinking!A humanitarian: I don’t think we should do war.Them: Why not?Humanitarian: I have children. No child should die in a war.Them: But a war will make things better?Humanitarian:ContinueContinue reading “War Conversation”
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Peace
Tough stuff and way too simplistic, but also true. There are obviously people with very real reasons to feel hatred, and although it’s awful those of us who don’t have those reasons must not judge. The sad thing is when the hatred began centuries ago and it’s been passed down the generations until it doesContinueContinue reading “Peace”
The Saddest Thing
The support of war and violenceis the death of humanityfrom withinFirst your humanity diesthen other humans diewhich is okayThen your country is attackedthen your family diesand that is not okayUltimately it wasthe death of your humanitythat killed themBut you won’t see thatbecause war is justified for youyou just resent retaliationPeople should lay down and dieContinueContinue reading “The Saddest Thing”
Because
Who are you?A strangerSomeone I’ve never metAnd never willSo why should I care about you? Because You could be my childI could have given birth to youRaised youHeld youHelped you to take your first stepsChanged your nappyMarvelled at your first giggleNursed you when you couldn’t sleep I could have given you life I gave myContinueContinue reading “Because”
The Equality of War and Insults
They are for the weak This image doesn’t even begin to demonstrate the longevity of the problem. Humans wage war and humans insult. We’re in the 21st Century and social media has clearly demonstrated that as a race we have barely advanced. Technological complications Yes we laud our technology, the fancy stuff we can build,ContinueContinue reading “The Equality of War and Insults”
Clarence: On War and Big Weapons
Men! I’m not saying that there aren’t bad women or other genders, but even so the words war and men seem to be synonymous. You want an empire to prove something that baffles the rest of the race? Start a war. Prove your strength and that you’re to be respected. Fear is not respect. YouContinueContinue reading “Clarence: On War and Big Weapons”
D-Day 2024
Love and respect for all At a time when the world is watching to see what happens next. How does the current world situation make any sense? We have the lessons of history. There is a massive war. Someone wins. Twenty years later we’re all trading together again as if nothing happened. Why can’t weContinueContinue reading “D-Day 2024”
You Don’t Have The Right
You don’t have the rightTo poison my lifeWith your cruel wordsYour violent badass waysOr your cherished beliefsYou think you’re strongBecause you can kill or maimAnything or anyone weaker than youBecause you’re ‘clever’ with wordsAnd can destroy someoneOne piece at a timeWithout raising a handYou think you’re better than othersBecause your fists are fasterAnd you knowContinueContinue reading “You Don’t Have The Right”
The Common Good
One race What is the common good?We are all uniqueDifferent backgroundsDifferent ideasDifferent worldsWe don’t speak the same languageWorship the same GodLive the same liveswith the same trappingsBelieve the same thingsOur homes are differentWe are nomads at home where we areLive ‘civilised’ livesIn crammed stacksMaybe in the skyWhere the building sways in the windWe live inContinueContinue reading “The Common Good”
You Are Me
I understand the innocence of childhood Because long ago I was you An innocent with my whole life in front of me Safe in my cocoon with my family Playing happily in streets Splashing in the rain Paddling in the sea And shrieking as the waves washed over me As you used to But youContinueContinue reading “You Are Me”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 