There is no crisis
that’s never been made, no war
we’ve ever had to join. Why
don’t you stop! – look
at what you’re doing? Don’t
accept it,
turn off the TV and ignore
the paper headlines stacked
in front of you, they lead you into their
traps,
their pigeon-holes.
What are you? Can a jackass
stare back from the mirror? Even
gods call you sheep, creatures who
need to be brought in – whoever said
this
should be so? The more I say no, each
time you refuse to
toe the line, so much sooner
you and I become us
and then we
© copyright David F. Barker 2013
I am not a pacifist, but most conflict is avoidable.
