Chaos and repression
extensions of fear, despondency,
conduction to flee suspense,
but if granted to be pushed back;
as a test of litmus;
better to dish out others.
Principles of
strategic nonviolence,
target to create a space,
to articulate issues,
might be too fearful
to raise loneliness.
Discrimination suffers,
nonexistence makes life difficult;
due to a raft of the repressiveness,
shrinking freedom of expression.
To know,
where the fireplace is and a pot boiling,
who must consume, when it is ready,
while waiting to being called to share,
we are busy collecting firewood;
bringing it to burn there again.
Love is the only force,
to erase a difference,
to bridge the chasm of bitterness,
a consequence against change,
a beacon of hope in an anxious world,
a pillar of faith,
can reach inaccessible,
to solve the unfathomable.
Author notes
Prompt: Option 2 Quote Prompt:
2) When the power of love conquers the love of power,
the world will know.
~Jimi Hendrix
A contest entry
- PIF Picture & Quote Prompts! by perfectsunset.
575 points, ended October 7, 2008, 15 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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This was such a well-crafted piece with excellent use of vocabulary. Two words just stood out to me most while reading this "raise loneliness"
--that was such a powerful part that really tugged on my mind, and I couldn't seem to part from that general thought. So original.
An overall wonderful piece!
Thanks for entering & best of luck
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