Weapons of War

Current thoughts expressed in free style

Why are weapons of war
in hands
connected to disconnected minds?
Separated
agitated
possessed by laws of possession
protected
rejected
by compression, in a lack of compassion.

Where are weapons of war?
In lands
free to freely discard
common sense
just for cents.
Commodity creates commotion
living tense.
Innocence.
our devoted are lost, in a loss of devotion.

What are weapons of war?
Demand
definition of deaf truth defined.
Now it is time
to end the crime.
Attend to that which needs attention.
Words can prime;
deeds must mime
action, before becoming reaction.

When do weapons of war
command
a retired tired toxic retard
who wears blood red?
An empty head
filled with hate like an affiliation
to tears shed
for the dead
society, that can't find socialization.

Who has weapons of war?
They stand
on political fears polled by scared politicians
into stone.
Then they moan,
"constituents read the constitution"
from their throne
though they're shown
polluted thoughts, add to mad pollution.

How can weapons of war
be banned?
Passing laws passed in inspiration
by honest men
and strong women
conditioned by human condition.
But again,
our children
passing, because of evil's passion.

2022

Author's Note

Damn it! I'm pissed off! I shouldn't have had to write this poem. I had other things I wanted to read and write today. We can't change insanity, but we can make it hard for the insane to conduct their business. Weapons of war should not be available to the public. If someone wants to shoot that many bullets they can go to a club or shooting range.

Billigami is angry too! This was going to be free verse, and read what he did with it. Maybe call it a form ... adverbian.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"Definition of deaf truth defined"
My God yes...

Guns are rampant...2nd amendment and all that...there are owners of guns who do have sense, and use the guns for hunting, or protection, or just to use at ranges. But they get around and they get into the hands of crazies who have no regard for human life at any age...and they also want to top the last mass shooting like it is some contest to see who can create the biggest tragedy and get the biggest headlines.
I think when this happens, the news can talk about it happening, but they should never give a name to the shooters...Mr. X...is enough...If they see there is no publicity for them....maybe they
will have no reason to do this.
I am so disgusted with politicians right now as it is, but 19 children...only 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders?

It is the worst of the tragedies....I am writing about it also...and about Ukraine...
and about child abuse by priests...I don't want to...it just is what comes to me....I would rather just write about peace and love...but I guess there is no real news story in that, is there?
Keith says to do something about it. As poets we try to have our voice heard, in the sixties we protested...we tried for change....I wish there was more of that protest now...the younger generation getting more involved...we need that passion for change, again.
This poem speaks loudly on what needs to be heard.
j.

[lightsong]

your words hurt the heart Mr. J... How sad the world has become.

Peace ✨🤍🕊️🤍✨

[Bryan Sefton]

Seems to me that if people buy guns for protection then everyone ends up carrying a gun. Perhaps we should all stop ptotecting.

[lightsong]

You make a good point and I understand your message. but it can't be correct at all situations. for example, Can a policeman do his job without protection? of course not.

[Bryan Sefton]

They do here in Great Britain.

[lightsong]

Maybe some areas are different from the others. All I wish is Peace everywhere in Earth.

[William Michael Reeves]

Thanks Jacob. As I recited it to myself I was yelling. Peace and love would be news. Peace and love are news ... at the end of each broadcast. To temper the reality of the beginning of the broadcast. Imagine (RIP Alan White) if the news was just like a small town newspaper. Weather and sports. Garage and bake sales. A police blotter that's more funny than tragedy. I feel the feelings in your review felt by me. I see only one solution. Phillip K. Dick wrote Minority Report. We need 'precogs'!!

[Ken Simm.]

Guns are NOT necessary for peace. Living people are.

[Chris Shaw]

What happens over the pond when it comes to weapons being in the hands of just about anyone who wants one, once they reach a certain age confounds me. These massacres keep happening so why isn't something done about it? We had Dunblane 20 years ago. Lots of children died in a school in Scotland at the hands of a crazy nut job. The laws were changed. Hand guns were banned. Result, no more massacres. There certainly needs to be some control over who gets access. Eighteen year olds with guns? Six months ago they were kids. Crazy kids now crazy adults. Please please get your law makers to tighten them up up because the world looks on and sees all these innocents dying and the shocking grief left in the wake. Powerful write Bill. Stirs the emotions this morning.

Chris

[William Michael Reeves]

I just had this vision of an army of poets wielding weapons of words aimed squarely at the talking heads in our capital. We each in turn step up to the mike and let fly bullets of truth. Even Trump might start to cry in the barrage. We Yanks squander the independence we won, with too much independence. We wouldn't have these problems if we were still a colony. Could you ask Her Majesty if we could come back? (Or the guy with the funny hair)

Did you see the 3 year old girl dressed up as the queen in a nursing home? Cutest thing ever! Search it if not. Thanks Chris

[Chris Shaw]

You don't want us Brits surely? :) I haven't seen the three year old dressed as the Queen. I will have to Google :)

[lightsong]

You wrote it, You should have and I'm glad You did. Words have power, You already know this. In few words answering You, Money and control. control people by keeping the mess and fear alive, of course the ones we are speaking about here are not the shooters.

One can't be but sad, with a heart full of tears. My empathy to all of You there 🤍 PEACE ✨🕊️ PEACE ✨🕊️ PEACE ✨🕊️

[William Michael Reeves]

Obviously the shooter is the problem, not the gun. But the available gun is the problem just the same. Strange catch-22 our society creates in independence. That crossed my mind as I wrote this ... those who enable the shooter are as much a shooter. Hard to imagine that all children aren't afraid right now. To go to school. Warps the brain trying to wrap around it. You shed light on my songs!