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Fighting is Easier Than Talking

Fighting is easier than talking -- until somebody starts to get hurt.
It's easy to be brave, when no one is bleeding in the dirt.
When all are kneeling in ashes and mud on the ground,
It is easy then to talk of world peace.

I see the trees struggling, I hear the naked sound.
The cold winds blowing clouds across the blackened sky.
I warn of naked children, of people gone before their time.
I warn of the dangers of blindess, of cliffs, bombs and crime.

But its not enough.

The peaceful warriors ball their fists and fight for supremacy.
In the name of the Dog God Devil; Dog-ma,
They stare one eyed and cock their faces.
Talk of dialog and peace, and throw glass stones.

It all started as play --
"we'd have world peace one day
We'd all be enlightened and brave,
If only other people would think like We"

It would be a wonderful food fight --
if they weren't so intent on killing...

And what? Over what?
What religion are they superior to?
No warrior of Allah can match their fanaticism.
No Jew wailing at his wall, can outdo this narrative of victimization
No man gambling in a casino can best this devotion to winning
No Christian can more betray his masters,
then these "warriors" of Soka.

Oh take an old wounded man on your shoulders,
parade him in his shame on the streets.
He was an old dog and ill, you were a pack,
and now you see enemies everywhere staring you back.
It was his religion that you defended
for all that you hunted him on the hill.
Where once there was pity and compassion,
the eyes are smoky and black
and there is no going back.

Where once there was hope and the Mystic Sutra,
there is now a movement seeking out enemies to defeat.
Where once you marched forward, now you are in full retreat.
And I am no more angry at you, than at an army of lemmings,
Is this where your master leads you?
To realms of megalomania and fear?
I don't think so.
It is just that nobody can tell you no.

Chris

Posted by cholte at February 11, 2008 08:18 PM