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Topic: And So Do The Bombs....
AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Tue 04/28/09 07:34 PM Edited by AngelLight on Tue 04/28/09 07:49 PM
(13th Write For This Thread) SEE ME Homeless and alone... Just a bum on the street drinkin' himself to death, hidden swollen feet. "Give me a break and stop beggin' for a dime. Your existence is a crime! Every time I walk past I see you sittin' on your ass!" "You're homeless and alone 'cause you won't help yourself. You look like a slob. Clean yourself up and get a job. And you wonder why the crowds ignore you." Homeless and alone looks up. At first, he does not speak. He stands, and finally addresses the angry man. "My friend, you clearly are not aware of who I once was. I was a man, just like you, with my life intact. Then I went to war, thinkin' I was keepin' you free. Now I see you will never be free. You will never be free simply because you will never see me!" ~© JDS 04/28/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Wed 04/29/09 03:34 PM
(14th Write For This Thread) __________04/29/09 GEO I remember you Geo. You couldn't let go of that girl in your mind. Her parents had died, yes, killed in combat. They were of "the other side." You wanted to help that precious child; she looked at you with pleading eyes, but your commander said "No!" It was against the rules, even though you knew it shouldn't be so. How could you leave her in the dust? Well, the order was a cruel must! Despite all that, you gave her something her Soul will always remember, forever, Geo, forever. You looked back at her with the eyes of compassion, with eyes that cried "Dear child, sweet child, I will never forget the radiance of you!" ~© JDS 04/29/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Thu 04/30/09 07:04 AM
(15th Write For This Thread) SODA POP? I don’t think we should talk about war anymore. Do you? I mean, so there’s a huge death toll, and people are gettin’ blown to bits but, what’s with all this anyway? Who’s to say any of this matters? War certainly is big business too but, so who cares? As long as your parent isn’t going there? Right? So there’s a fight here and there, and there and here. Do we really need to hear about someone else’s nightmare as long as we think it doesn’t effect us? Is speaking about war a must? I mean, whaat’s the fuss?! After all, “In God We Trust” so the mighty dollar says. I’d rather talk about religion ‘cause there’s a lot of sinners out there not goin’ to church! You know, not doin’ much about the status quo. Oh! Wait a minute! Do we know if the status quo has anything to do with war? Perhaps it just might ‘cause when people are oppressed with the same ol' same ol' they want change, and will go to great pains to have the basics in life. But if those at the top try to stop equity and economic balance, a lance or two may be thrown. Oh, I don’t know. Should we talk about war or not? People die, bodies drop, but, that’s OK. I’d rather sit around drinking, or thinkin’ ‘bout soda pop! ~© JDS 04/29/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Fri 05/01/09 09:41 AM
(16th Write For This Thread) WHITE FLOWERED At times what some call "aggression" in another man's scream is really the impetus for change, for realignment of the times, an ending of white flowered crimes. Yes, it's time to see the truth, to remove the status quo from mowing over the majority of people, those who don't know their power. Indeed, the time is now, the hour is before us. See the reality of unjust. In what can we trust? In what will we trust? ~© JDS 05/01/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Sat 05/02/09 07:59 PM Edited by AngelLight on Sat 05/02/09 08:02 PM
(17TH Write For This Thread) I NOW UNDERSTAND Grief. Relief? Can someone help me find peace? My life ceased when I leaped, unleashed into the horror of war. I did not understand deceit, the driving force for the elite. So necessary to keep people poor, and unaware in their despair. I now understand the powers that be refuse to ease the suffering of the masses. In fact, pain and confusion are exacted to prevent change from occurring; to keep blurring the Truth of what constitutes evil. Grief. Relief? Will someone help me find peace? Ok, so you say it's within? I'd have to agree 'cause, now I see things like I never have before. Yes I'll return to war, to fight, yet my armory will be my voice exposing what fuels & ignites corruption and greed. ~© JDS 05/02/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Sat 05/02/09 08:19 PM
(18th Write For This Thread) SACRIFICIAL LAMB Love comes and goes and comes again, although not always clearly sent. An aura, a knowing, a seeing that retrieves the resurrection of God believing, hope unweaving, Truth perceiving, hearts grieving, or self-deceiving as defense. The Soul stretches to touch, to feel, to experience what the mind and body never will. Perhaps the sacrificial lamb, the Soul agrees to every thing the human ego is quick to damn. Still Soul lives and carries on, yet not so fond of letting go. It freely Loves to release by communion and in peace. Devoid of hate, devoid of weight, Soul returns to incarnate as Love itself, to recreate. ~© JDS 05/02/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Sun 05/03/09 03:59 PM
(19th Write For This Thread) SUDANESE CHILD Sudanese child Fallen to the ground Face down Chest to knees in a fetal position. No one feeds you; no one gives you drink as you sink further into the dust underneath an unforgiving sun. Yet there is one standing behind you, a vulture of prey, waiting for your death as you struggle to breathe your very last breath. The cameraman sees you too waiting for the PERFECT shot, one that will catapult him into journalistic fame. He is also your prey, but no one sees him there as he buries you with his artistic inspiration and career minded aspirations. Sudanese child I lifted you up and cradled you in my arms a thousand times. Darling, my precious child, you did not die alone. My Soul came for you and lovingly, so lovingly, carried you Home. ~© JDS 05/03/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Sun 05/03/09 04:49 PM
(20th Write For This Thread) LAST BREATH At the top of the hill I saw him. He was still alive, yet barely breathing. My friend and comrade. He wasn't going to make it; he knew it, and so did I. He looked at me in a silent, quiet sort of way as I held him close, giving him presence and love. He asked me to tell his wife and child he tried to make it home; never dreamed he'd leave them alone. One more thing he asked of me, “Tell my wife to find a way to tell the Truth of why I died.” And in his last breath he said, "We must bring about peace, for it is only the power of Love that will allow us to see, and enable us to be free." ~© JDS 05/03/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Mon 05/04/09 04:07 PM
(21st Write For This Thread) DEAR GOD (A SOLDIER'S PRAYER) Another night in the desert, so far away from home. I miss my kids, and my wife, the life I used to know. Letters from those I Love surround like falling rain, cleansing my every wound, easing my deep pain. Now comes the rising sun as we try to survive the heat. I think of my family, the only fluid I can drink, my basic human need. Tomorrow is another day and soon I will be home to touch and feel and overcome the grief that has me stunned. Dear God, Please be with me inside my heart right now. I long to be whole again just like these other men. Help me to forgive what’s here, and remember this as “then.” ~© JDS 05/04/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Wed 05/06/09 03:22 PM
(22nd Write For This Thread) SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE There was the young one who came in to talk. He had been discharged from the service due to a dispute with one of his peers. "It wasn't fair; I didn't start it. I'm not proud of what I said or did but, this never should have happened that I landed here and he's still over there." This young one felt lost, not knowing what to do with the rest of his life. He equated his personhood inextricably with being in uniform, in the role of protector, a defender of....of.... well, he wasn't sure of what but, anyway. I was concerned for him; he harbored guilt... shame...and expressed his pain like one who would never quite be the same. I could read between his lines sensing he’d rather be dead instead of dealing with what felt like his heart’s demise. Yet, he spoke about what this loss meant to him and, I asked if there was another way to be of service, to protect, to defend, to still know himself fully as man? He said he didn't know, perhaps he'd seen too many commercials, too many infomercials. We explored other options, of different ways of being in the world like, despite your name, who are you without one? Who are you, anyway? I could still feel his pain when he finished confessing, yet he said all was right in his mind. He'd committed no sin. He'd live from within. Several years later I received a call from someone who knew this tormented Soul. I was told he recently died, that he'd ended his life, shot himself right in the head. He only left this message: "They need to do away with all those commercials, all those infomercials that have people believing in roles that deceive. I was deceived but, I just gave my life, so that others may live. This is my gift of service, to protect, to defend, my fellow countrymen." ~© JDS 05/06/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Mon 05/11/09 05:53 PM
(23rd Write For This Thread) ~ ANOTHER WAY ~ Annihilation inside Proclamations of hate Denigration at will No contemplation No conversation Deliberations to quell No confrontation Complication of Truth Desperation to kill Frustration builds Situations twisted Aberrations appear Limitation mounting Trepidation rising Termination the goal. Commissioned Souls Creations of Love Transformation of life Meditation a must Communication sound Exaltation of others Invitations to speak Clarification made Inspiration to live Assimilation of all Operations smooth Collaboration results Integration and whole Negotiation of calm Inclusion the goal. ~© JDS 05/11/2009~

AngelLight Joined Sat 04/12/08 Posts: 4817	Thu 05/21/09 08:01 AM
Innumerable voices have been asserting for some time now that human society is passing through a crisis, that its stability has been gravely shattered. It is characteristic of such a situation that individuals feel indifferent or even hostile toward the group, small or large, to which they belong. In order to illustrate my meaning, let me record here a personal experience. I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race - Albert Einstein

Diamond4ever Joined Tue 05/19/09 Posts: 64	Fri 05/22/09 12:28 AM
a lot of writes AngelLight too many to read now,,,,i'll peek in over time but the einstein quote is like whoa! ,,,,,,an "eye opener",,,,thank you for the post

pkd1220 Joined Thu 05/24/07 Posts: 8318	Fri 05/22/09 03:58 AM
Reading many over again, this body of work is impressive and important J. I'm sure you've opened the eyes of many by giving voice to those we sometimes forget. You have truly blessed us with this gift.