"For the life of another"©

Viewpoint of life.

The heart of soul, the eye of spirit

and the need to carry on,

it's not the Zen or Yin and Yang

possessed by Avalon,

not a Kubla Khan in Xanadu with

dome and caves of ice,

no Sherpa guides, no temples, while

in Tibet it would be nice,

never caravans from spice routes

visited by Marco Polo,

nothing shared by Luke and Yoda

nor forced on Wookies by Han Solo,

from Florence over to Venice

those sighs by bridges heard,

from Renaissance to Inquisition...

Torquemada has been assured,

Castle Balfour through Macbeth and

death by Danish Kings,

following World War II, J.R.R. Tolkien

and his,"Lord of the rings,"

these are all but stories, people,

places and things in time,

and the truth be known strictly

verse interspersed with rhyme,

none of these the heart of soul-

the spirit of a man,

life means to protect it's own-

to release it not our plan,

and since captives and P.O.W.'s

come close to lose it all,

they would be the one group

that could truly make this call,

the eye of spirit will see us through-

right down to the end,

for you, my Brother, I lay it down

and thanks for being my friend.

Author's Note

Justice is as blind as the people that rely on it!