Wednesday, December 7, 2011

A Freestyle Piece: Looking Down, Looking Around, Looking Forward - 12/7/11

"The ills of this world are increasingly rising to the surface...I often feel like if I'm fortunate enough to have children, they won't know what peace on this earth is. Holy wars...what are they called holy for? They aren't divinely ordained, and as they drag on, perversion is all that remains. The causes get lost, the reasons become convoluted. It's just as pitiful as the actions of the world's bankers, whose greed can't be refuted. Steer this country to hell, benefit from rebuilding it. Destroy that country in the name of liberty, begin bleeding its resources while healing it. Children are being victimized, left starving, and denied the foundation of a family. All without an explanation of what's happening. As darkness is encroaching, I can only hope that a change is approaching, rolling in on the ever-turning wheels of love. If, by some great movement or another, we can somehow learn to understand, appreciate, and love each other, we won't feel the need to harm our sisters and brothers. And just maybe, if the situation improves and bleakness of the future is removed, we can lose our fear of being fathers and mothers."

-A. Lewis

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