REASONS TO BE PEACEFUL

Part One

If the firearm bullets were shaped like love hearts,

and  engraved with the names of each  targeted

being,  with the names of every  aimed at, expecting mother, baby,  

toddler, child, teenager....If descending bombs were

replaced with party balloons, personalised with

the names of every younger,  middle aged and

elderly person, from every war torn region, and in

addition , with each  name of every  victim who

was either killed or had survived, then surely.....

these deadly  conflicts would have

 to cease, on both sides, without repercussions or

compromise, with lifelong compensations  and

health care for those affected, with lavish

helpings of humility,  this might even, evoke the

 real and pressing cause,  for a safe and peaceful

 planet... with scope to please everyone, if only,  

these ideas were embraced immediately, as

 genuinely , .................... the  definitive path of absolute reason.

 

 

 

Reviews

[L.Edward]

Absolutely. Napalm cotton candy and sherbert grenades for everybody. Choco nukes: we can have a global disarmament eat in. First country to completely swallow its nuclear arsenal gets a free box of warm fuzzies personally delivered to the doorstep of every citizen by retired army generals in pink uniforms and moose loafers.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I am grateful for your fervent support, kind wishes.

[L.Edward]

Your welcome. Always good to hear from you. I regret to say that its not nearly often enough. Warmest regards.

[Cole Hayley]

I love the ending. The long elipses and then that bolded phrase. Excellent.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thanks so much for dropping by, Mr Cole, comments are much appreciated.

[Pax]

Perhaps I can only say 'if only', a very sad piece that only tell the what if's of reality...
wonderfully penned my friend...

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thanks very much dear Pax.

[Ency Bearis]

Poignant poem, and with such message implied well.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thank you so much Ency!

[lee von cleef]

reason ,is lost, in some cardboard box by the locker room of life, discarded out grown forgotten ,wrong color, wrong style, too old to be used, reason is lost, but I love the balloon,dangling from the tree, deflated side down.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Card board box cynicism, indeed...if keeping peaceful is a product, or bi-product of the current era, and I guess, this all depends on the tint of glasses which one is seeing through....I recently read a poem, called "keep your cynical sunglasses on", anyways, really nice to hear from you, old, youngish, poet friend, your present page is just amazing, really moving.

[lee von cleef]

And why do I think of Stephan Tyler saying"I 'd like to help you out , Now which way did you come in ?"

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Another thought provoking prose poem. Me thinks it somewhat optimistic but a sentiment shared by the majority. Unfortunately it is the 'silent' majority who are complicit in such things Sheema.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

All too silent perhaps, thank you for your review, John.

[Dean]

You have evoked my own sentiments about war perfectly. It is the poetry that I long for in every heart.
Think then of the life change! Thank you so much.

PS. I no longer vote for those who see war, or even the threat and preparation for it, as the answer. No more! Ever!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

What a pleasant surprise to hear from you Dean, I am grateful for your valuable thoughts and I quite agree with your last statement.

[Frieda P]

Very poignant read, peace should be so simple to achieve, yet it's so elusive, perhaps humankind is too complex and selfish to find that 'absolute reason'.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Very interesting thoughts Frieda, thank you so much for your review.

[Frieda P]

Very interesting piece Sheema, my pleasure.

[MOON]

Good write flows and to the point ah if wishes were horses... Poignant.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thank you so much for reviewing Moon.

[Horizon K.]

I love the idealism you paint here, I think we all ask, if only, why war, why not another way... were there any simple solution, to clean the minds of those who authorize, seek, enjoy, profit from destruction...

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thank you so very much for sharing your thoughts Horizon K.