The weeping song

Just words

                             The weeping song.


I wrote years ago. "When our soldiers are fighting in faraway wars. War will find us. War will come to our doorstep."

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.”
― Herbert Hoover

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
― Howard Zinn

“They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.”
― Ernest Hemingway

                                 The weeping song

Once I was a wild man afraid of nothing. Today I'm a old man who  had found his world filled with men of lies and treason. A world led by berserkers who will leave only blood and pain for the this generation and the next.

Inflamed hate had stole his dreams of a world knowing utopia and peace. Old Poet whispered. Please send food, water and medicine to the areas of our world knowing war and violence. Please don't send soldiers. Soldiers do what they support to do. Fight, kill and die for the old men in Washington D.C.

He looked into the mirror. A sober face looked back. A sober face of a man drowning in dreams dispersed in the lost and found of dreams and hope. He don't know the face looking back. He had become a stranger.

He was once a soldier, he was once a business man and now he rest his hope in his children and his grandchildren. He hold deep regret. His father gave him Vietnam and he left a world filled with terror and hate.

He had weeps for brothers to suicide and drugs, he weeps for good friends lost to war. Today he weeps for strangers killed in the new war of terror and hate.

Who is weeping for the homeless? Who is weeping for the people in the cradle of war? How do we tell our children. All things will be okay.

Today the wild man had gained knowledge. He pay attention to his world and he tried to understand the need to kill innocence people in the name of cause and reason.

“No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt,
“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.”
― Robert E. Lee
“War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate”
― Marvin Gaye
“The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live.”
― James Oliver Curwood

Old man sit by Lake St. Clair. He prayed to the Gods of life and death. Please bring peace and calm to my world. This is one earth and one people. Every life had value.

                      John Castellenas/Coyote

Author's Note

Just war

Reviews

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A very poignant piece.......

Very relevant to today's rapidly changing world, this piece is a very emotional cry for sanity to prevail; for an end to the bloodshed and the slaughter of innocents. As you said, there are no winners in war. Just losses.

You have put your heart and thoughts on your sleeve with this write, Coyote. And methinks your experiences, too. We can only hope that whoever gains control in your forthcoming elections has a level head and a strong conscience to do what is right and good and not what has been done in the past. Perhaps it is wishful thinking, but one must always have hope.

A very emotional piece of writing. Heartfelt and enthused with great quotations and wisdom. Fine work!

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend. I pray for better days.

[Karmee]

Now I really enjoyed this one, I love this write, Love the quotes

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Kitseth. No winner in war.

[Ken Simm.]

I am with you throughout this passionate write, John. The quotes are so thoughtful, true and wise. But I find I m drawn most to the middle section. Here is where I find the greatest truth.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Ken. War. Never-ending need of man.

[Lyn Anderson]

This is so moving, John. I feel so sad for our world. Yet what do we do to stop the madness? I really don't know. The addition of the quotes at the end really brings it home.

[Coyote Poetry]

The people of the past learn. No-one wins in war. The great leaders who held burden and guilt knew the cost of war. Thank you dear friend for reading and the kind words.

[Lyn Anderson]

We humans are a sad lot. We don't really learn. We just change our "reasons"

[Valentine]

Sadly I think we are opening our country to many worse wars inside our borders. God is angry America is leaving Him out of our leadership. Valentine

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree my friend. The old ways are being left behind. The old ways kept us wise and strong.

[ROSALIND]

Inspiring and touching and sraight from the heart

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Rosalind. Old world need TLC.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear John, I appreciate the quotes you have given
to us in this excellent write. I am married to a War veteran
and he suffers from PTSD. War is Hell. We are living in a
difficult time with terrorism always on our mind. When we vote
for our next President, we must choose the one who will
make the best judgements. I feel one may be too committed
to recent and past commitments; perhaps the other has learned
so much in a short time and truly will have a heart that will
do their best to save people who do not believe in terror. It is a
very difficult task, but has to be accomplished.
God help us all to make the best choice between the two provided
to us. This is my prayer. Truly, Pat

[Coyote Poetry]

I hope we have a strong and logical leader. Must stop terror without harming the innocence people. I pray too. We can save our world.

[Patricia Wedel]

Bless you... John ... More things are brought to be by prayer...
Amen... Always have a prayful heart...

[Patricia Wedel]

Always have a prayful heart...

[Coyote Poetry]

Sometime prayer is all we have.

[Patricia Wedel]

Yes... John, we must pray without ceasing...
We had lightening and thunder and rain last evening.
The heavens were speaking to us. Amen...

[barleygirl]

This is very well stated & timely for the state of our world & our current politics. We seem to be whipped up into a state of abrasive judgments & harsh plans, as this prez election season drags on and drags us all down-down-down. From so many angles of clarity, your message conveys the universal myth of military might . . . great quotes, even better sharing of your own experiences & heart. I couldn't agree with you more.

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you my friend. War don't fix problems. Just extend them.

[hussain]

Wonderful..the sober man turns somber. Yes John no one cares. Ironically we fight for peace.

[Coyote Poetry]

Peace and war should not be spoken in the same sentence. They have opposite meanings. Thank you Hussain for reading and the comment.