Honor the fallen on this day
It was our arrogance, which made us pay
We think we’re better, we think we’re right
Did the people leaping from buildings on their doomed flight?
We insult their culture and take their oil
We label them as terrorists as we bomb their soil
What hypocrites are we who kill with no hearts?
As the innocent are rolled away, heaped in carts
For every one of us killed, another dies
For every truth spoken, a thousand lies
For every bomber they have, we have five spies
For every we gun we load, a child cries
For every war machine made, we pollute the skies
For every rebel we stop, another tries
We fight fire with fire, hate with hate
Our minds locked in a perpetual vengeful state
But to end it all, to save our kind
We must find the truth, leave the past behind
The Christians, the Muslims, and the Jews
In going to war, all of us lose
You worship a god of vengeance and wrath
But it is NOT your place to walk HIS path
Vengeance is MINE, so sayeth the Lord
Not in the hands of men who act of bias accord
It is not our place to judge others
We are all one people, sisters and brothers
Let go of your anger, put down your arms
Dies Iræ is coming, can you hear the alarms?
Author notes
Written December 2nd, 2003
A contest entry
- September 11th by Feline2001.
400 points, ended September 14, 2004, 33 entries
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so so good.
damn you lance, you're so fucking good.
(when it comes to writing)
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we only appear to be free.
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Thank you. These earlier poems of mine are from a time when I was quite henotheistic/pantheistic. These earlier poems had long lines and unbroken stanzas, obviously I'm not studied in actualy poetry, I just have a knack for rhyming. Glad you liked it - and, by the way, thanks for reminding me of two things: 1, that I need to change the background/text color, and two, I should put a note in the comments that "Dies Irae" is Latin for "End of Days".
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pretty good write
well I must say I have finally found one of yours I liked enough to comment on...I might not agree with the first few lines, but from there I do. This was a very well written poem, I enjoyed the flow, and the topic, as well as the title. I must say tho that it was rather hard to read with the notes in the background. Hate having to squint to read lol. -
This is the gold winner! Your words are so true and the writting was done so well. Perfect rhyme and verse all coming together to hopefully awaken us the reallity behind humankind's pain.
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WOW- i can tell this one came straight from the heart.
i loved your word of choice.. i suppose you read a lot. lol readers have a wide vocabulary.
anyways, the rhyming was done really well in this one and i loved the message behind it;
For every one of us killed, another dies
For every truth spoken, a thousand lies
For every bomber they have, we have five spies
For every we gun we load, a child cries
For every war machine made, we pollute the skies
For every rebel we stop, another tries
My favorite part.
Overall, great poem. i enjoyed it very much and the very best of luck to you in the contest!! -
This was very powerful-I feel that you really put what you had to say out on the table and didn't think twice about it. Very good.
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aww...great piece that you should send to bush maybe.I'm glad i don't live in the USA.Your president is a fucking idiot.I totaly agree with fat mike from NOFX,(he did records like rock against bush and war on errorism )and he's right,your country is falling because of him.anyway you did an awesome job and i like your poem so much!it's so true and sad!
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I understand your anger and I agree that America is not blameless. I do not believe, however, that it is not as black and white as you make it seem. Yes, we may be jingoists, but the terrorists share much of the blame, and have proven how ruthless they are (an example are the be-headings.) I may not agree with you but support your right to say it. Thanks for the food for thought and keep writing.
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YES YES YES I LOVED THIS POEM OMG U ARE SO AMAZING TO HAVE PUT A PIECE LIKE THIS 2GETHER OMG SO SO SO WONDERFUL i have to say that u are gonna be a strong one in this contest thank you so much for entering i really liked this poem actually i loved it
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I agree that the war in Iraq was a bad idea, but I think that treating the whole West as the bad guy is useful. Certain ideas and attitudes are definitively up for criticism, but these terrorists are not angels, either. They fuel their own hatred. Their own culture, in many regards, is dysfunctional. Consider this: the average person in the West would neither consider moving to another country and drive a plane in the tallest building around, nor would the average person condone such an action-- it would be vehemently decried. There are certain populations in the Arab world that praised that kind of action. There are significants swaths of population in the Muslim world that really do hate freedom, and playing innocent, loving and naive is not the realistic, nor even the moral answer to this situation. Our freedom is not just the right to buy computers and look up porn, it's the freedom to think, speak and act, ideas that are extremely foreign and even hated in many parts of the world. This freedom must be defended.
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Damn straight! that was a beautiful peice of work! nice job! -
very powerful..God bless you!!!
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I liked the poem. It was a bit long, but I can tell you had a lot of important things to get out. And it had a wonderful message. The purple was a bit hard to read. Maybe you could pick a slightly easier to read color? But I know it's hard to find any color that works with this back ground.
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Wow, powerful peace...I'm in total accord with this. I hate what we have become...and fear what we will become in the future. One can only hope the next in office is better than what we have now, to be honest I don't trust anyone in politics...democrat, republican, whatever they are all the same. Anywhoo....great write!
Jenn
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ouch... c'est why Bush is an evil fuck and nobody's going to vote for him this time... it was ignorance of many Americans that allowed him to do what he did not only to them, but to America's economy... and then they complain... moral of the story, "he fucked everyone over, Never vote for any of them Bush's"
Missy
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