The 'Arab Spring'

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Altawell
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The 'Arab Spring'

Post by Altawell » Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:49 am

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They say
‘Harmony’ in the ‘world’
‘Peace’ among ‘men’
And ‘love’ is
The
‘Answer’
But
Dear brother
All we hear is
The stories of ‘killing’
The firing of
Bullets
And
The deployment of
Heavy guns



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Time and time
The fighting erupt
In every ‘front’
And the worst of
Today’s killing
‘Iraq’
‘Syria’
‘Egypt’
And
‘Yemen’



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The injured
The disfigured
The displaced
The orphaned
And
The fallen
Ones
All for the
Sake of
‘The
Only one’



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Yes
The ‘Arab Spring’
As ‘they’ describe it
The truth is nothing
But
The bloodiest days
With no option left
Other than
The ‘revolution’
As
‘Many’ ‘believed’
‘This Is
The only way’







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Re: The 'Arab Spring'

Post by poeticpiers reborn » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:22 pm

Eventually mankind will mature and find a better way or face extinction

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Re: The 'Arab Spring'

Post by heinzs » Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:40 pm

But probably not in our lifetimes...
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Re: The 'Arab Spring'

Post by Altawell » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:41 am

poeticpiers reborn wrote:Eventually mankind will mature and find a better way or face extinction

That is true - however, the first option should be the 'aim' for all of us!

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Re: The 'Arab Spring'

Post by Altawell » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:44 am

heinzs wrote:But probably not in our lifetimes...
Well, if we do not change how we treat each other, then there is such a 'possibility'!

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