Rethink

A prose poem about the world today

Confusion greets the tables of power
Dialogues to promote peace, the speeches of leaders
It all slides as uneffective for today’s war
It is not a flag, it is not nations or races fuelling the comrades who fight
Suppression is the motive, a silenced history their cause,
The calls to listen, falling on deaf ears for generations
We awaken as towers fall, instead of anger, I feel remorse
Our fathers, and their fathers have brought poverty across resource rich lands
Fuelling our own riches, not seeking to understand

It is not they didn’t care, it wasn’t a lacking humanity
It was a greed as foremost intent for actions, moving forward and expanding
but not noticing the symptom of pushing other cultures backward
As a new young western generation we need to hear their cries
We need to learn a little, and make a little sacrifice
In time the anger may subside, and poverty may reduce
The reward of that is far greater than materialistic belongings can produce.

Reviews

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Hi Matt, I have always thought that living simply is the only way to live. I like the way your prose moves from ancestry through to the current times and really I think I would rather have lived way back then, it was more difficult, but also more rewarding in many ways. There was the greed thing then just as there is today, but much has changed in the way people behave. I think todays pace is much too fast and we should all slow down...waddayareckon?
Cheers,
Helen :-)))

[April Child]

Sadly humanity doesnt seem to learn by its history and the same mistakes keep being repeated. Tis sad.
Well said.

[Not Afraid of Bruises]

"It all slides as ineffective for today's war" - a little awkward to read. would "It all slides, ineffective for today's war" work better?

"It was a greed as foremost intent for actions" - This doesn't sound correct - grammar wise to tense wise, I mean. I think some of the lines, like this one, trip readers up and break up the flow. I like what you say, and I understand it - but the true meaning alludes the reader - doesn't hit unless they take the tiemto digeep into it. Poetically, I love that itmakes readers low down -
and you won't like hearing this, but commercially, I think people will like it, but they won't love it.

Thanks for sharing - I enjoyed the poem. :)

[Amor-de-angel]

A good well expressed piece. well done Matt

[Shadows of Sight]

You have captured this issue wonderfully! I totally agree with this belief. Violence doesn't do anyone any good, winner or loser. We are all human, and we all feel, we all bleed. Political boundries are just usless. All they have done is breed discontent and anger, when anyone tries to take from the other side, or cross to it, to find the greener grass.
Great Write! :)

[Amanda]

very good political writing...very true in these troubled times.

good job, Matt

Love Always,

Amanda

[♥ Courtney &hear..]

*claps* It was a brilliant poem, you did such a great job here. Its nice to see that im not the only one who thinks this war is doing more bad then good.

[Brenda Sue]

Very well written. Wonderfully penned. Great job.