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    WHY

    WE'VE GOT KNIFE'S AND GUNS ON THE STREET

    CHILDREN DIEING AT THE FEET

    OF OUR SOCIETY GONE SO WRONG

    WE'RE FIGHTING ALL SORTS OF WARS

    ALL FOR A JUST CAUSE

    MONEY AND POWER WOULD BE MY BET

    SPY'S IN THE SKIES

    CAMERA'S ON THE STREET

    SCANNERS ON OUR PHONES

    THERE'S PARANOIA RUNNING FREE

    WITH A WORLD IN MISERY

    THE PROPHETS OF DOOM ARE WAITING

    THEIRS ALL SORTS OF RELIGIOUS WARS

    ALL SORTS OF CORPORATE WHORES

    WHO PLEDGE ALLIGANCE TO THE MIGHTY DOLLAR

    IT'S NOT ABOUT ME AND YOU

    IT'S OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THE WORLD THROUGH

    ONE WORLD ONE TRIBE ONE FAMILY

    ARE WE ALL TO BLIND TO SEE

    LEARN'T NOTHING FROM HISTORY

    SOON NOTHING WILL BE WORTH SAVING

    IT'S ALL ABOUT THE POWER

    IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GREED

    IT'S ALL ABOUT WANTING MORE THAN YOU NEED

    YOU FORGET ABOUT YOUR HOMELAND

    WITH YOUR QUESTS FOR MORE

    LOOKING FOR SALVATION

    IN THE GLORY OF WAR ?

    WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER ?

    WHY CAN'T WE LIVE AS ONE ?

    WHY CAN'T WE SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE ?

    WHY CAN'T WE SHARE OUR HANDS ?

    WHY CAN'T WE TEACH LOVE ?

    WHY CAN'T WE TEACH TRUST ?

    WHY CANT WE LEAVE THE MACHINES OF WAR

    TO TURN INTO RUST ?

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    Amina commented on WHY

    04-09-2009

    Another masterpiece... Excellent Job

    NayInLove commented on WHY

    02-24-2009

    Love the passion and anger

    moira commented on WHY

    02-23-2009

    another meaningfull piece I think it sometimes looses its poetic flow in places comes across as very angry with the state of the world.

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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