Imagine there is no war, my friend.

Just words

                            

                                      Imagine there is no war, my friend.

        Dear child
The world weeps blood.
Whole world blinded by hate and separation.
Who will tell the child?
He was born with no chance or opportunity.
Born to learn to survive daily.
Living in refugees camps. Unwanted and forgotten.


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        By a River
I drove by a river with food, water and medicine on a Red Cross mission.
I saw bodies floating in the river.
Me and my soldiers dragged the bodies to the shore.
24 people. Old people and children.
Beaten to death and left.
Me and my soldiers cried for the people killed for the sake of religion.
We prayed they found a better place.
I wondered did God see the pain and the suffering of our world?
I learned this day how cold man can be.

                                 John Castellenas/Coyote

Author's Note

Just words.

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

this is so beautiful, and terrible, and truthful. A really great write.
A couple minor things -- the world weeps blood
soldiers cried
learned this day

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend for reading and the comment.

[Ruth]

Heartbreaking, the effect in years to come will be something unfathomable...so much pain and senseless death and those left in horrific circumstances stand no chance if we don't unite and voice together...I pray that humanity sees the error of its way sooner than later...soul shattering...thank you for voicing such a poignant and needed poem...

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too my friend. I'm tire of war, hate and separation.

[Urja Gokani]

amazingly written keep it up :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[Urja Gokani]

welcome :)

[Desert Rose]

very nice!! loved the illustration...the sadness is heavy..

[Coyote Poetry]

It is sad. Too much useless death in our world. Every life had value. Thank you Neo for reading and the comment.

[Meshalini]

War war war everywhere. I don't know why they doing all this,killing innocent people including children. Is they all really an human being? No.They are devils. May God always with the victims of war. Coyote this is so wonderful. I'm hoping more from you. Keep writing.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Meshalini. War will keep coming till the common people won't accept war no-more.

[Meshalini]

You are absolutely right....Your welcome...

[Jon Roggie]

Never give up hope. I could recite examples, but honestly, all you have to do is watch around you. There seems to be a glimmer, even if it is only yours.

[Coyote Poetry]

War is far away from me and war is very close. One day. My grandchildren will know war. I said often. War may be far away. But war shall come to your door-step one day.

[Jon Roggie]

I have no doubt about that. It will come, and afterwards, if we can, we move forward. I remember sitting in a room with the vice-mayor of West Berlin. Bunch of students on an extended field trip.
One of us asked if Germany would ever be reunited. With out hesitation, he said no.
One of the little things, and they give me hope.

[andrew mitchell]

A profound write John, war is a necessary evil in some ways to cull our destruction and progress on nature. I hate white man for its superiority/ greed on everything, as countless animals become extinct due to white man. Only the North American Indians and other tribes respected nature and kept the balance. I don't like war but every war has an underlying motive. If the middle east had no oil would America be interested in partaking? And then there's religion.... the starter of all wars!! A great write John

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Andrew. War had become a acceptable place. This is sad.

[Luisa König]

"just words" with a deep meaning..

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Luisa. I appreciate the comment.

[Nisreen]

No God asks for innocent lifes to be taken away
A world free of hate
and you and me
She is right
and he is wrong

We are not angels
but i guess some try to be that and get to purity

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. Man's free-will is leading us to a dead-end. Thank you for reading and the comment.