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Will you read and then CC this poem?
When you think of all the reasons
they
decided to suit up
go in
stand down
defend
many of those reasons
are easily justified everyday
without verification
or recognition.
Freedom is the most encompassing word,
next to love,
and instead of expounding on
the free ability to have food
shelter
religious worship
and many other
highly treasured gifts,
we should see the smaller, easier luxuries
we are afforded
like writing a poem
and posting it for the world to see (if the world
is watching) or being someone
we are not
simply by choosing a name and a picture.
Perhaps the simple joy of assuming the title of a Greek God
and demanding praise from random strangers
and friends alike
is more to our tastes
or maybe boxing ourselves into
the shape of a braggart, an egotistical
sociopath
that is concerned not for the random stranger
or the established friend
but for him and him alone,
like a black ant
that is free to stumble upon the nest
of its red cousins
and be virtually devoured
in order to feed
the queen.
12 Answers
- FunkyMonkeyLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
And then there's the right to accuse someone of a crime that doesn't exist, the right to butcher the English language, the right to seek legal counsel for no reason what so ever, the right to be completely and utterly out of your mind...
You're right, it's the little things...
- lovechildLv 710 years ago
What I Always Dreamed Of
I had it easy if I wanted it easy
but there was a dark and sinister shape
to the future that a life without
honest effort would produce.
And the more I got away with
the less I was worth.
So perhaps when someone
has it all wrong
they need to be told
as many times as it takes
classic conditioning was not just for the
training of dogs
I once said
"behavior modification is slavery'
if that is true,
I am becoming a slave
unto me.
But
what i always dreamed of
was that someone somewhere
would read something I wrote
and it would affect them so gnormonogously
that they would not forget it, not me
but the feeling I left for them to feel
and I am now fully aware that dreams CAN come true. By the thousands. I am now reaching for a way to hold on to US- we, the people....I have a lot of respect and faith in one who knows 'Freedom is the most encompassing word,
next to Love."
- Anonymous10 years ago
and a good vets day to you dave.
all those little freedoms add up. i often wonder how much of our (the US's) problems are exasperated by the mentality reinforced by anonymity and deception inherent to websites such as this. it is so much easier to insult people when they don't have to look into ones eyes or worry about immediate recriminations of a real world nature.
i am sorry i didn't offer worship earlier, but the beauty and wisdom portfolios are occupied in my Pantheon this was a nice write on both levels i can understand.
- doeLv 710 years ago
"Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart will be found an azz." Shakespeare (only his word was spelled with 2 s's
What I think of self appointed Greek god's. Good Poem.
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- ?Lv 610 years ago
Red ants,Black ants, all gone to war,
they all ask themselves....
just what are we fighting for?
Where's the honey,Honey?
Do you know why I must die?
Can you tell me all the reasons,
or just simply pass them by?
Is life a game of checkers?
Or a chess board full of pawns...
to die before the mighty,
amidst a throng of yawns.
Source(s): oh,I dunno, an aging marcher,hippie child of the sixties I guess... - .Lv 710 years ago
You did all that before to lay the foundation for the impact of this write. (I know you better than you think & tried to sound a warning...) Well, TA DA!, instead of I told you so... But I did...tell you so. And now you know. I just hope it didn't fly over your head.
- Anonymous10 years ago
I liked it :D
not my style (me being all emo depressing on the verge of song kinds poety)
but I liked it really good
Source(s): fellow poet - Anonymous10 years ago
I may be a sociopath but I assure you my self-esteem is very small.
Source(s): Good write, man, GOOD WRITE!!!