Letter to the Future (Part 2 - The Son - The Ultimate Revolution)

the evil winds seem to have died down...but have they?....has anything really changed?......the new born prince is growing up and speaks of what he sees and feels.....time passes but that's about the only thing that changes.....it's a new time.....many ye

 

before one should try
to heal the world
it might be better
to understand each other first
before one should start
scraping the bottom
let's first come up
with a gesture, my friend

 

the prejudices and the idiocy
as always still show up, a little further
there is a general
attack of myopia that
could become blind.

 

I'll be wrong but look around,
look what's there
that's why I've barricaded
myself in this cage,  because there's too much
confusion and too many people
that always pretend to know everything,

even though the blasts of horror before their very eyes

has left our castle crying deep beneath the burned remains

of our once protected walls of serenity and safety,

the metal beams are all that remain.

 

For everyone there's a story
that doesn't work out
and if everybody is right
who's ever gonna be the guilty one?

Yep...blame it on that evil wind,

it's the easy way out.

 

it's already a start
when you are here
and to know to whom
you can talk,

fortunately you are someone
who can also listen - hear my cries

of pain and desperation....stop for a "single moment".....

Don't be afraid of my hand.

 

"The ultimate revolution"

 

if you're still the friend
you've always been
what do you think then
about trying to grab hold of my crippled hand

and to try and become
"better friends"

 

before one should try
to heal the world
it might be better to
understand each other first
before one should try to
measure the world
it might be better to
change ourselves first,

hands held tight we move forward

to face the fire and evil winds

set before us.

 

it might be the ultimate
revolution that everyone
should live inside oneself,

My hand is there, to try and change all that,

I too am in need

of finding my way out of

"this cage I live in".

 

The ultimate revolution lies ahead of us.........








 

Author's Note

the evil winds seem to have died down...but have they?....has anything really changed?......the new born prince is growing up and speaks of what he sees and feels.....time passes but that's about the only thing that changes.....it's a new time.....many years have gone by.....and still the evil wind in some of us never dies....the names change but the mistakes which we create ourselves keep repeating......despite our cries for change, for harmony, for peace!!!!......working on Part 3 to be released in the near future!!

Reviews

[Catrinka]

Well written piece - improvement in our world needs to start with self-improvement. What your writing says to me is let's try to understand and accept each other's differences rather than to change the world to our own narrow vision of what is right. Nice job here - KUDOS! I especially liked the last stanza - well done!

[Valorie J. Shearer]

I love the way you have captured the narrow-mindedness, and intolerance in this piece. For too long, most people seem to be more comfortable every day in this role! It is very saddening to think that it's all downhill from here but I don't see how it can get any better when most don't really care! It's time for them to wake up, and get with the program! Take care~~~

[Mel Stevens]

I like your style. This one is more direct than the first, and, if you will, stirring the winds of time. Unfortunately, as you so well eloquently pointed out, history does repeat itself.

before one should try
to heal the world
it might be better
to understand each other first
before one should start
scraping the bottom
let's first come up
with a gesture, my friend

words of wisdom. Very deep and thought provoking poem. Change has to start within yourself to grow to any amount of difference in the world. There are many lines in this poem that the world as a whole needs to take advice from. And instead of griping about what needs to change, we must begin to plan HOW to change. Wonderfully written! Can't wait to read part three!

[Chiquita]

"For everyone there's a story
that doesn't work out
and if everybody is right
who's ever gonna be the guilty one?

Yep...blame it on that evil wind,

it's the easy way out."


How profound!! I have come to a place where I see much of what I have done to be a mistake. Indeed, I was well intentioned at the time. Still, I chose the wrong way. Who am I to judge someone else's path. Mine has been a winding maze of tangled misfortune.

God speed to everyone out there. Choose your own path but choose it wisely.

[Marie]

You never cease to amaze me.

[rachel jane]

so true!!!!
your words bring forward the truth that is out there, beautiful!!!!!!!

[Rockebah]

This poem is brilliant and enjoyable. It has a nice flow and rhythum. I have nothing more to say except 'keep it up'.

[Carole]

before one should try
to heal the world
it might be better to
understand each other first
before one should try to
measure the world
it might be better to
change ourselves first,

hands held tight we move forward

to face the fire and evil winds

set before us.



it might be the ultimate
revolution that everyone
should live inside oneself,

My hand is there, to try and change all that,

I too am in need

of finding my way out of

"this cage I live in".



The ultimate revolution lies ahead of us.........

Very nicely done, Nico. This really spoke to me. Changing ourselves is a daily task. Something we should work at continuously but I see it more as an act of daily submission. There is one who charts the course, and His way is worked to utter perfection. If we submit to His chastisement in ALL things, and we think ourselves not above His correction thinking that we "Know it All," living in self-righteous pride, we will indeed be changed. A loving Father corrects His children, but those that cannot or will not be corrected will see the eternal Abyss. I humbly bow before my King daily. His correction should be welcomed as our good is always in mind. He can be trusted today. He can be trusted always. :-) Thank you for such an enlightening write. :-) Well done.

[Norma J. Jessee]

There is so much going on in our world today that everyone is walking around in a state of confusion. You talk about trying to understand others better before trying to heal. I honestly don't think there is any way for us to understand anyone. I mean we don't even understand ourselves anymore. So many things affect the way we think and do things. We may feel one way yet act another for reasons we may not even understand. We may believe in something one minute, then something comes along that changes our mind, and even that change can be changed in the twinkling of an eye. We're a generation of confused people. ( For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction ) meaning no matter how we might try to shape our minds our destiny our future, there is always someone out there who can and will change that for us. We cannot really makes plans for anything. Something can always change them.

[JC Fox]

Interesting cant wait to read more