Thoughts
While watching the news on Television
Little boys play soldiers.
Soldiers fight for freedom
Big boys playing a deadly game.
He was a young American soldier,
handsome smart, strong , caring
and a wonderful lover.
I was young and foolish,
away from home.
We fell in love in Vienna, Austria,
in World War II.
Now, there is another senseless war
After many wars in-between.
My heart goes out to every brave, American soldier,
To all the starving, frightened children and all people in all countries.
I look behind the mask of world leaders,
Politicians, tycoons.
Are they ignorant or naive?
Do they tell lies, or do they not care.
Do I see the faces of mother’s little boys?
who never run out of excuses for wrong actions,
some never grew up?
There are men who try
to make the world
a better place for all,
to live in dignity and peace
Some have little power.
The fear of loosing their job
is stronger than honesty.
A pity that only a few world-leaders
possess the power to succeed
in shaping the future of humanity
and don’t know that they destroy the earth
and the human race.
All involved do blame their failure
on a God of their choice, while the universal God looks with pain, love and mercy
on His creation
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