Violent sight

Sound
Sound Posts: 579
edited December 2003 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Violent Sight

Blinded by desire

the change is insignificant

strong arm

week brain

fights the rage

Ghandi rage

last brave heart

defited at birth

fears the helping hand

tense and unable to trust

longs for his biggest enemy

peace
It was a dream, not a nightmare. A beautiful dream I could never imagined in a thousand nods. I saw this girl next to me, she wasn't beautiful until she smiled. And I felt that smile come at me in heat waves following. Soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color. And I knew somewhere in the world, somewhere, that there was love for me.

Jim Carrol
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  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    Seems that many fear the "P" word Sound! Who knows, maybe one day! At least we can dream of the day, right?

    This reminds me of one of my favorite lines from a song, from some band, hmmm, I think it's Pearl Jam or something. :D
    "Can't buy what I want because it's peace".
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • Sound
    Sound Posts: 579
    From wich song is that line?
    It was a dream, not a nightmare. A beautiful dream I could never imagined in a thousand nods. I saw this girl next to me, she wasn't beautiful until she smiled. And I felt that smile come at me in heat waves following. Soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color. And I knew somewhere in the world, somewhere, that there was love for me.

    Jim Carrol
  • Sound
    Sound Posts: 579
    I wrote this poem for the poor fucked up kids of my country and many others that will not have a chance to live a good life and will eventually when reazon lacks, will live by instinct. Violence will be their first choice
    It was a dream, not a nightmare. A beautiful dream I could never imagined in a thousand nods. I saw this girl next to me, she wasn't beautiful until she smiled. And I felt that smile come at me in heat waves following. Soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color. And I knew somewhere in the world, somewhere, that there was love for me.

    Jim Carrol
  • CranMalReign
    CranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    This poem reminds me of Dubya.

    BTW: The line is technically from a song. It's an improvised lyric for Corduroy. "Can't buy what I want because it's free"
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  • Sound
    Sound Posts: 579
    I remember now. Thanks man

    what's dubya?
    It was a dream, not a nightmare. A beautiful dream I could never imagined in a thousand nods. I saw this girl next to me, she wasn't beautiful until she smiled. And I felt that smile come at me in heat waves following. Soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color. And I knew somewhere in the world, somewhere, that there was love for me.

    Jim Carrol
  • CranMalReign
    CranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    Originally posted by Sound
    I remember now. Thanks man

    what's dubya?

    George "Dubya" Bush... our "elected" tyrant and biggest threat to world peace
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  • RyndamRain
    RyndamRain Posts: 16
    What about all the other F'd up leaders out there forcing people to live in squaller and oppression? Are they not a threat to world peace? I think GWB is hardly a threat to "world peace" if there is such a thing?
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    Originally posted by RyndamRain
    What about all the other F'd up leaders out there forcing people to live in squaller and oppression? Are they not a threat to world peace? I think GWB is hardly a threat to "world peace" if there is such a thing?

    I have to agree. He's just a small part (puppet) in a much bigger play.
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Originally posted by RyndamRain
    What about all the other F'd up leaders out there forcing people to live in squaller and oppression? Are they not a threat to world peace? I think GWB is hardly a threat to "world peace" if there is such a thing?

    You must be so removed from the real world to even comment like this!
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • CranMalReign
    CranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    Originally posted by RyndamRain
    What about all the other F'd up leaders out there forcing people to live in squaller and oppression? Are they not a threat to world peace? I think GWB is hardly a threat to "world peace" if there is such a thing?

    Granted, there are men out there far more evil than our valiant leader.

    But not one is remotely as powerful. Not one can so easily exercise his will on the people of the world as can GWB.

    That imposition of will is most definitely a threat to world peace, both directly (our troops are scattered across the globe killing innocents and forcing democracy... that bleeds with irony, doesn't it?) and indirectly (enciting uprisings of those not loyal to Mr. Texas and basically stirring up hornets nests).
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  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    Originally posted by even flow?
    You must be so removed from the real world to even comment like this!

    Come on even flow? --- he's not the only one--he's just the voice of a corporate ran country. It does not matter if Republicans or Democrats are in power--they're both working towards the same shit----after all, it was Clinton who introdued the Patriot Act.
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Originally posted by Being Enlightened
    Come on even flow? --- he's not the only one--he's just the voice of a corporate ran country. It does not matter if Republicans or Democrats are in power--they're both working towards the same shit----after all, it was Clinton who introdued the Patriot Act.

    Sorry, I forget that I am so removed from that hell hole that I can actually see what really goes on. I'll move on now.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    Originally posted by even flow?
    Sorry, I forget that I am so removed from that hell hole that I can actually see what really goes on. I'll move on now.

    :D You know what's going on!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • RyndamRain
    RyndamRain Posts: 16
    evenflow,

    "You must be so removed from the real world to even comment like this!"


    to make general statements like that is ignorant...like you have a corner on the way the world works?

    i am not saying that i like GWB, i am just saying that he is far from being "the biggest threat to world peace"

    because we all know the world was at "peace" before GWB got elected...everything was just hunky-dorry...
  • CranMalReign
    CranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    Originally posted by RyndamRain
    evenflow,

    "You must be so removed from the real world to even comment like this!"


    to make general statements like that is ignorant...like you have a corner on the way the world works?

    i am not saying that i like GWB, i am just saying that he is far from being "the biggest threat to world peace"

    because we all know the world was at "peace" before GWB got elected...everything was just hunky-dorry...

    No, it was not at peace. But I definitely think some of America's policies are taking us further from that goal.
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  • RyndamRain
    RyndamRain Posts: 16
    I seriously think the biggest obstacle to world peace is religion!!!

    Yes, I do agree that the USA is not perfect, but name me one country that doesn't have blood on their hands?
  • CranMalReign
    CranMalReign Posts: 1,928
    Originally posted by RyndamRain
    I seriously think the biggest obstacle to world peace is religion!!!

    Yes, I do agree that the USA is not perfect, but name me one country that doesn't have blood on their hands?

    Just about all countries have blood on their hands. But once again, it boils down to power. Dubya has the power to affect the rest of the world, and he's using it. See anyone else doing that?

    BTW: I agree... religion, as an abstraction, is the biggest threat... on both sides.
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