What men are capable of...

I saw bad things in my life. What men have done for their hate.

  What men are capable of.


                 What legacy will we leave?
                 I hope no more then we were
                 the one's who stand by and
                 allow the Wars and disease
                 to deteriorate the dreams
                 of our children.


I stood by a river in Bosnia.
Dead bodies floating in the current.
Killed for sake of religion.
As I pulled the bodies out.
I was sickened by the deeds of men.

I felt so cold.


Were the Angels watching?
Waiting with open arms for the innocent?


Who is crying for them?
 

No-one is speaking out for the people in the way
of the war machine and violence.


Men who speak of tales of fabled bogey men.
The profiteer and big business using lobbyist
to keep war coming.
We need to be identify and put them out of business.


Using young men and woman to fight for oil and land...


Life is simple.
Treat people how you desire to be treated.
Religion should be  personal.


I don't believe the common man and woman would desire war
 before peace talks.


I never met a woman or
man who desire  to die.
Never met a Mother or Father who wanted their child
to die in War.


The profiteer and big business hide behind false words and tales
to create the ability to get richer.


What men are capable of?

The great men of peace are rarely heard today;
Block out by stories of ghosts and demons by leaders with
pocket full of lobbyist money.


Cities and towns are now war grounds.
No safe place for the innocent.
Can we stop the terror and violence?


I have stacked the bodies of the innocent.
Just old men and woman.
I pray to the Spirit of the earth, sky and water .
Take care of these poor people.
Please give them peace with you.


Is the world is past the healing point;
Too late for the sheep being led to slaughter.
Who will cry out then?


Too late for the babies being born to chaos and War;
Their dreams and hope.
Cut-off by the hunger and greed of War?





                        Coyote
                        6 August 2009 


          

Author's Note

A old poem from the past. I was a simple water and gas mission. Me and my Soldiers found death bodies of old men, woman and children floating in a river. We pull them out and stacked the body on the shore of the river.. What men could kill for sake of religion? Old world need to find a better road. I pray.
Coyote

Reviews

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

it is always those on their clean thrones far removed from sweat and blood and tears who are more than avariciously willing to send their people (victims) into the fray on a thread of profit that streams back to the fat cats in their leather seats counting pennies on each dead man's eyes~

and as a nations throughout history~we've allowed it~ participated in it~ the human species confounds my senses~ I will never understand~

your poem cracks the shell of lies fed to the masses and releases the pain that mankind floods across the globe endlessly~
heartbreak in a lonely pocket~watchers watching~dying everywhere

[Euphoric]

A Brilliant piece Coyote you tell the brutal reality of war and the impacts thereof..even the questions you posed.. i'm sure are left unspoken in the minds of many.."what men are capable of"..indeed cruelty that can transcend even one's imagination. Excellent write

[Haifa]

Its so right and true. Honest feelings from you shows in the poem. The world would be simple if they use their brains and treat people well as you said in the poem. Now, world before and now If they want something from the other country not by asking its by war.. why its all that. Too bad. Anyway, It's really good poem You have a kind heart.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This is a powerful and sincere piece. It was sad but wonderful to read and your questions are so relevant, not only to modern times but to the entire existence of the human race; to the whole of world history. Excellent write. I would like to point out that the piece needs editing to correct grammatical errors however. Without changing your structure or your wording but only correcting those errors, I would be happy to edit this wonderful piece for you if you would like. Just let me know. I would also like to sincerely thank you for your service to our country and for the suffering which you have endured in the name of freedom and democracy. I am honored to read your words and to have you as a friend here at the cafe'. Best wishes and Happy Easter.

[Rhonda]

very good. it has a lot of power.