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Do Nothing

Contributed by sensei on Wednesday, 30th March 2005 @ 07:40:54 AM in AEST
Topic: political

Not through war will this world end,
Nor earthquake great,
Nor plunging, flaming comet.
No deity will smite our land,
In wrath at our sins.
No sudden cataclysm,
Wrought by our abuse,
Of lands on which we dwell.

No pestilence or plague,
Dreamt up by those,
Clad white in coats of science.
Instead one thing will bring us low,
As each cries out,
"Do something quick!",
To those perceived to hold the power,
But nothing still is done.

As each despairs,
To see the waste in every act,
To see the wrongs inflicted on our kin.
"To keep us safe",
Comes the excuse,
And blindly plunging on,
They propagate their wrongs,
Whilst we do nothing.

And so it is through apathy,
Through lack of will or want,
That worlds of men will come to end,
Quietly with protest none.
And so I place my pen back down,
Read through the words here wrote,
And quietly and patiently,
Do nothing.

(Sensei 2005)

Copyright © sensei ... [ 2005-03-30 07:40:54]
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Re: Do Nothing (User Rating: 1 )
by renegade on Tuesday, 19th April 2005 @ 02:02:56 PM AEST
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How true - another fine poem if I may say so. I would rate Where Angels Fall as the better of the two, but it is a close call. Do Nothing made me want to act, Where Angels Fall made me want to cry. More please Sensei.

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