history scatters its seed Into coming generations A bickering people In bloodied lands Splitting forth injustice of aggresors Annihilation of humaneness The folly of greed Leering at innocence An adulterated energy Unbound by shame who will take to task? who will you take to task? Under a violent sky People drown in Bankcruptcy The devil is the auditor He oozes green The world hears his anthem Peace is a lost cause?
such thought provoking words. best wishes and warmest regards, dear friend.
Peace and Equality ✌
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Thank you , Afzal. Peace to you too , dear poet !
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all thanks to you, dear dear poet and friend 🤗
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Always welcome, Afzal! Hope you are well.
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all well this side thank you! Hugs and love 🤗✌☮☯😼
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Good to hear that. Take care, my friend. Ciao.
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you too, my friend. Ciao
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This is an excellent poem, Yassy, with a very strongly worded point. Well done to you!
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Thank you so much dear Robbie.
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Who is manipulating the history? (Did someone accused anyone because of their name or history?)They don’t know history. Must be propaganda.. Don’t worry? No matter how much they cover it.. A simple breeze will clean the dust..
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You can’t manipulate history , history is the dust of our deeds. No one can really clean up after them , the stink of the mess lingers.
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I don’t understand. The post is personal.Did someone said something annoying to you? And you can manipulate history. China and India does it. So does America. Have you read Orientalism by Edward Said.
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Sweetie, it’s not personal. And no one says anything annoying to me,
I don’t care about politics but because it affects us in so many ways, I feel the need to vent.
Nah, haven’t read the said book. What does it say. You could enlighten me, if you feel up to it.
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Personal as an observer..(that’s why I add Did) Well I don’t completely agree with what Mr. Said says but he did say something useful as how the Colonist made it a point to see the merits of Colonialism. Basically in short he said that history should governed and written by natives alone. (I don’t agree with him on that part.) But he was right in pointing out that history will be presented with selected facts to fulfill the obligation of subjective interpretation. Japan still doesn’t accept its crime of Comfort girls. China on Tibet and Mao stupidity remains silent. And India is leaning to a right wing distortion of history. All the while Americans are unaware that their country installed more dictators and was founder of the term ‘banana republic’. Let us not even dwell in Africa.. Stupid auditors listening to propagandist media..
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I totally agree with you. It’s all like you say. It’s a mess
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As you would guess, Lady Yasmin, this poem is right up my street. Brilliant and well said.
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Yeah, just for you , Lord Zoolon. I know you care a lot for all these issues !
Thank you.
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Sigh! Such is the state of our world. Greed has always been the catalyst for human demise and it never changes. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, despite the attempts of modern day Robin Hoods to change the gap between the two. Unfortunately, as long as there are resources to plunder and profits to gain, the devil will always sing his anthem and the poor angels of this world will have their wings clipped and halos broken. However, it is the lone voices in the wilderness, voices like yours and other poets and writers who continue to sing humanity’s melodies who give hope to those who can still hear. And, when the world crumbles beneath the weight of consumption (either by humankind’s own actions or the universe’s contraction, whichever comes first) your soul will know that it saw history’s harvest arriving, warned the villagers and did its best to be that voice of truth and hope. Beautiful writing!
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We cannot raise a finger , we are helpless, all we can do is write about it. I doubt that is going to help anyone.
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This may all be true but if our words touch one person; and if our cries penetrate one deaf ear, then is it not worth it? In order for there to be great change there must first be a small change. That small change starts with the individual. Today, buy a coffee for a stranger, make an anonymous donation to a shelter, visit the sick, or simply offer kind words to someone in need of them and see how a small gesture creates a big change. That is all any of us can do.
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Yes, you are right. We should start with ourselves. Do what we can in our own small way. It’s going to make a difference, of course.
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Just as your poetry makes a difference everyday, my beautiful friend.
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Thank you , Al Pacino.
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Most welcome, my dear Yassermaid 🙂
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Even by having faith that things can change thats still a small change itself as well. And what thoughtful ideas to combat this.
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Yes, faith is hope , it’s believing in the good. Thank you 😊 for your insightful thoughts.
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Yes, very true, Pharaoh. Thank you!
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Your welcome 🙂
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Powerful poetry yassy and a great poetic commentary on what is happening in the world today.
“The Devil is the auditor
He oozes green.”
Those lines are classic.
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Thank you , Davy. Green paper backs. That’s it. Green signifies so much , can be taken into so many other perceptives.
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Quite thought provoking. Peace has indeed become a distant cause.. Great poem.
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Indeed! Thank you for your warm thoughts, Vandana.
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Such an intense feeling in there…☺
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Many many thanks for reading and commenting, Michnavs!
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A nice write yassy ..a contemporary tinge …the dilemmas & the crossroads! Peace , always a miss ! Solace from history may not be a far cry though ! Great times !
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No solace whatsoever, but we will survive. Thank you for your kind thoughts!
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It is unfortunate Yassy that there is no financial gains to be accrued by a world at peace or so it would appear or those “leaders” who thrive on war would quickly close the door on terrorism?
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Yes, you are so right about that. War makes money, actually , at what cost?
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Ah, thought provoking indeed, Yassy. Well written and insightful.
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Thank you, my good friend Iris. So happy you liked it.
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A pleasure, my friend. Keep well! 🙂
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You take care of yourself! 😊🙋🏻
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🙂
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Wow this is very powerful indeed both in the way you’ve written it and it’s message 👌 absolutely brilliant 👏 🙂
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Thank you so much , Sophia! So happy that you like it.
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Peace has been the loss of human history. Though, there is hope as people of earth to unite and want such peace in our country and times.
You’ve written such provoking poetic piece and I am right there with you, Yassy. 🙂
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Hope is all we have! Let’s sit tight on hope and see people destroying each other.
Let’s cross our fingers and hope while leaders plot war. It’s a hopeless scenario.
Thank you , Charlie. I know how you feel about these times !
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Hope is difficult to progress and use as a spiritual guide of what is happening. Our leaders sending us to war and die in the name of patriotism? I know the feeling of hate within our political system. Your right, all we can do it hope but in some form of way.
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Hope is like a tool to keep ourselves deluded into a false state of happiness.
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Yep, that you are correct. I couldn’t agree more. Especially, hope applying to ‘Change’ itself.
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Change is a deal ‘ I took that from your post ‘
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Excellent. I tell you…the situations today are getting crazy by the minute.
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Understating that Charlie. Crazy is low key. It’s a frenzy !
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Wow. Thought provoking. Well done
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Oh! Thank you , Carter. Good luck for the 4th.
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Thank you so much Yas 🙏❤
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Your welcome, Carter 🙂
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Very deep poem, and sad but true
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Thank you 😊, MCM.
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Your welcome my fellow poet
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😊
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“Under a violent sky
People drown in
Bankcruptcy
The devil is the auditor
He oozes green”
Loveeee the devil is the auditor. Such a perfect line here!
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Yay. Let’s beat the crap out of that D. Lol 😂
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Hahahaha ✊🏿👹✊🏿👹✊🏿👹
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so powerful, all sadly true
as you know, my sentiment too
but it seems life goes on
no matter what, the suffering
the pain, empathy not enough
history, as we look back
it looks back at us and smiles
knowingly that we have learnt
not one iota, for all the devils
disciples that have been slain
they reincarnate to carry on
deeds so evil, all that’s wrong.
sadly we know them by name.
not fair to you to mention here.
you, me, all those who care
use the written word in hope
that love for peace will oust
all the evil, making peace a tad
more conceivable, we pray,
Amen
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Powerful piece.
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