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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Man

Mankind and war seem inseparable. For centuries, the wisest among us have spoken of the futility of war. Yet, it still wages. In the history of mankind, there has never been a time where, across the entire globe, no wars waged. Perhaps it is an inherent quality written into the DNA of every human. Maybe a herd mentality is inevitable - one man casts a stone and a nation hurls a mountain. If someone has what we ain't got, we want it, and we'll take it! Power begets power: Those who want it will do anything to get it and those who have it will do anything to keep it. Fear is war's love and blood its sustenance.


One man kills another man and its murder. The act ceases the operation of every cell in his body, thus death. War kills an entire nation - cell by cell. But war is cannibalistic, as it consumes what it claims.      

Men

Made to live and die, unknown
To rise (like suns) and set as well
By Father onto Holy Ghost
Drinking from a river's well

Born of blood and bread
Always hot upon the head
Striving into battle as soft as a lover's hand
Hearts of fire; heads of lead
All rejoicing for their victory stand

Man to man will kill another
For the feeble sake of others
To prove a point that all the while
Is murder of their brothers

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