Collaboration Publication – Last Call #PoetsForPeace

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Choice

Blinded by greed and illusory need,
We can blot out the guns and the loss of our sons
And our daughters who bled and the child that lies dead
For some war of attrition, caused by the ambition of cold politicians.
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‘It is over the sea’ and ‘it can’t affect me’,
So the litany goes. Insecurity grows
And the synthetic fear they created is here
So we’re watching each other, distrusting our brother and hate one another.
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As lambs to the slaughter, we think as we ought to,
Obedient sheep, we are living in sleep.
We are manipulated till war is created
Believing the snipe and the media hype till their mandate is ripe.
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They call it our duty and blind us to beauty,
Creating confusion. Refuse their illusion!
My peace begins here, in rejection of fear,
When I choose to be free, to wake up and to see that my brother is me.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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10 Responses to Collaboration Publication – Last Call #PoetsForPeace

  1. tjparis's avatar tjparis says:
    August 30, 2016 at 12:34

    Wonderfully powerful and a great use of rhyme for such a challenging topic.

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  2. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr's avatar rivrvlogr says:
    August 30, 2016 at 13:24

    Outstanding contribution, Sue.

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  3. Sheila Moss's avatar Sheila Moss says:
    August 30, 2016 at 17:37

    Love this, very thought provoking.

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  5. Sacred Fyre's avatar Leeby Geeby says:
    September 9, 2016 at 09:17

    Dang. Missed this one. Can’t keep up with the blog roll now that I’m back at work.

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