Politically Speaking

If Everyone Cared
by l o v e x 3 ((Ciao~))

Dear Mister President, I have some words to say.
Will you listen to me or turn your head away?
I'm nothing special, but I speak my mind.
And this is something that I have come to find.

If everyone cared, then no one would die.
Did you ever stop and think about why?
People are killing and people are crying;
All because some people are lying.

If everyone cared, would we still be fighting?
If we cared, then I wouldn't be writing.
Stop the war; get our forces home.
We can't deal with being alone.

Men torn from families; women left alone.
They're being hardened by each bomb thrown.
Help our families, please bring them back.
Stop the fighting and the attacks.

Don't you see that if everyone cared,
No one would lie; no one would dare.
Hurtful words would never be spoken;
Leaving people with hearts, broken.

If everyone cared, no one would be dead.
We wouldn't have to worry; we wouldn't have to dread.
All the stories on the news, filled with scary sorrows.
All the women and the men, scared about tomorrow.

Dear Mister President, Please lend me a moment or two.
I know that you have the time to stop what we go through.
Look at our lives; we are all living scared.
It would be different, If Everyone Cared.

-Removed-

Freedom?

You say we're free
In a land with no choice
You say we're free
Here you have no voice

You say we're free
From the sting of starvation
You say we're free
In a dying nation

You say we're safe
Each and every day
The government better realize
That their country isn't okay

As each day passes
Our strength ebbs away
We're running out of room
To keep the terror at bay

We need to have a plan
In this time of need
We need to rid the senate
Of avarice and greed

I would die to save this land
For my friends and country
But when asked the question
I answer "We Are Not Free"

-AOTD/Kurt

Homeless Veterans
by Twisted Heart

We see them sleeping in the alleys
Cardboard boxes are their homes
Dirty faces, hands and bodies
Upon their backs, tattered clothes are worn.
Help shelters are forbidden fruit
For they hold thieves and liars
Taking all that you possess
And more, if they so desire.
So on the streets the solemn trod
As they try to find themselves
They got lost somewhere upon
The government's top shelves..
They fought the wars, on foreign land
As freedom's eagles soared
But then we spat on their return
And they questioned what they had fought for.
These proud few, who we had sent
To fight, we have lost track
They've fallen hard into the dark
And got lost in the cracks.
Don't think they don't remember
Or notice when you turn away
Because they see your shudder
When you pass them every day.
You'll smile as your step quickens
You'll throw some change sometimes
But have you ever thought of them
Or is the pittance just to ease your mind.

May I please reserve a spot Poetess? Thanks so much :)

Lost In Translation

Homosexual death,
The bible on their breath,
Judge and you'll be judged,
Hatred wont be budged.

I shall pick a line,
And make it mine,
It's here to suit my needs,
I'll leave out what I cannot use,
And hope that I succeed.

A fish without a fin,
Too eat it is a sin,
And planting wheat with hay,
Well too hell you're on your way.

Piggies may taste sweet,
But you cannot eat their meat,
Enjoy some rabbit stew,
And your values are askew.

Abusing the testament of God,
In a hate filled, angry facade,
Is Christlike in no way,
Though you practice everyday.

My Heart Broke For Humanity

by Sarah Ann

My heart broke for humanity

For the weeping eyes of bloody tears
Plastered smiles on the faces of children
Who know not what is happening
But know enough to stay strong
When everything is wrong.

My heart broke for humanity

For the wandering souls of broken roads
Without a care in the world...praying
Perhaps one day, we will understand
What has brought them to their woe?
Or maybe...Ignorance will never let us know.

My heart broke for humanity

For the victims of an endless war
Stripped of innocence and freedom
Pulled from loving families
Torn between decisions
But I admire their strength
Something I cannot fathom...and so I cry

My heart broke for humanity.

Everyday I wonder what it will bring
There are two roads life can turn on
And I whispered to myself today,
Are we a proud civilization?
Who ever wanted this?

I pray for the day the world would see,

This heart weeps for humanity.

Please reserve me a spot. I should have it in about an hour. I know no reservation is needed but just in case I cannot finish it until tomorrow. Thanks in advance.

Dixie

Liberty Cries

Around a harbor full of lies,
A lady stands, shame in her eyes,
Bows her head and begins to cry

They live their life of crime
Never scared of doing time
Scott free never paying a dime

Street life vagrants and thugs
Six foot holes continually dug
Supporting habits, selling drugs

Even from prison, if they are sent
Their victim's lives, filled with torment
With no intentions to ever repent

A bed, a roof, and three squares
Hell it's like we run daycares
We're armed, no rights we bear

Play Basketball and watch T.V.
After going on a killing spree
In America's prisons they are free

Slave to the world, lost values
Stands now before the accused
No explanation for these views

Political lies, amounts to bullshit
Never reformed when they acquit
Living free for crimes they commit

There is no cure, just allow parole
Politicians fattening their own bankroll
In on the deal, we've lost control

She bows her head lets out a sigh
America the free, she tells the lie
In that harbor she still cries

Melinda Kay Smith
(Dixie)

I'll reserve a spot.
Thanks. :]

Amazing Grace.

The fear within her eyes,
shallow as can be.
The blood upon her skin,
blotted for eternity.
The space engaged within,
that's how it will always be.

The bruises on his arms,
show something unknown.
The crackling in his voice,
is chilling to the bone.
The look glued upon his face,
proves that he's alone.

The pain within their lives,
is something we can't feel.
The hope that they have lost;
I wish it was not real.
The world upon their shoulders,
hides what needs to reveal.

'Amazing Grace,
How sweet the sound.'
These foster kids
are heaven bound..
Just after the trusted
beat them around.

Wow. Poetess. i am sorry, but i didnt realize that they had to be new. and mine is not. so i will remove the piece.

Sorry!

x.x

If we have no new entries this weekend Poetess, is it okay if I do another one, I just had a good idea lol

Ohhh!! can i do one... plz reserve for me...
thx
gabriella

Could.. if carrie can enter another.. enter my old one.. i really love it. and i want people to read it.

Stand Up

Each morning comes the weeping,
For a soul lost to the mire,
Death comes knocking everyday,
As we set this world on fire.

Boom! There goes Iraq,
Korea and Iran are next,
The tyrants in this bitter race,
Pay no last respects.

Mothers sit here weeping,
As their children die in vain,
Blood has washed away the line,
Between love and sweet disdain.

Our leaders are not listening,
What a great democracy,
They only represent themselves,
Such pure hypocrisy.

We create the things we fear the most,
Weapons and monsters alike,
And then we say we never knew,
When insanity does strike.

Our own people are falling fast,
At home, not just abroad,
If we cant fix what's broken here,
Ourselves we do defraud.

Education's failing,
Their funding is no more,
Our kids cant even go to school,
Safely anymore.

We pay these taxes out our ass,
And what is then returned?
Pictures on the evening news,
Of what's been bombed or burned.

This is not what I pay for,
Dictatorship on high,
It's time to stand up as a people,
And scream out our reply.

Show we will not take it,
And prove it's us who reign,
Uniting under a common thread,
Leading unrestrained.

THE BELLS
by gabriella

The bells toll,
The bells of death.
For the men,
As they take their last breath.

The wind blows,
A scream of pain.
For the children,
Whose blood falls down like rain.

The animal speaks,
The being of power.
They bare their chests,
Blood is all they can offer.

The earth shakes,
A call for freedom,
As the slaves fall,
Their faces gruesome.

The men walk,
The men once dead,
Chanting as they go,
“he gave us his blood and bread”

the children sink,
in waves of blue,
in their place,
an ocean grew.

The blood spills,
But blood of forgiveness,
As it dissolves into,
The forever of darkness.

The slaves run free,
Chains cast aside,
They watched them go,
They hadn’t lied.

We still stand here,
Weapons in arm,
Yet maybe today,
We’ll do no harm.

i hope this is good, i don't think it can compare to anyone elses but here ya go!!!
xoxo
gabriella

Will you take another? You don't have many and I just wrote one...Yes? If you do, it's posted. If not, ignore it. =]
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The Sharpest Lives

The sharpest lives we live,
In such a deadly shame.
In a world full of deceit,
With a hatred we can't tame.

We hide behind every lie,
Which we consume at birth.
We feed from it until we die;
There's nothing to this Earth.

The sun shines so bright,
Yet still behind smiles we hide.
Within our lives there is no light,
No inner soul to confide.

Let man take our dreams,
And throw them in our face.
It isn't as hard as it seems,
They've consumed the human race.

Ruin my dreams and I'll build new ones,
With exactly the same views.
I'll bring the devil in with a whirl of guns,
To your sanitary pews.

So, to my heart let the devil speak;
I'll give you my style of sin.
This is a definite no, no I will seek,
In hearts of so many men.

It's just like the sharpest lives we live,
In such a godly, sinful shame.
With nothing but a world that doesn't give,
Through a killing hatred we can't tame.

Shame on me for being me,
A person all on my own.
Shame on me to see,
And stand up all alone.

I will not follow the crowd;
I will stick up for what I believe is right.
I will speak loud because I'm proud
In a world that's a sad, sad sight.

It's just like the sharpest lives we live,
In such a godly, sinful shame.
This is a definite no, no I will seek,
In hearts of so many men.

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

Well, yes..
But, there is no rule against that...
Is there? I might have missed it..

If that's the case, I can't do it.. This was actually written for that contest, but voiced my views.
Take it if you will. =]

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

Fair enough.
I don't do it often, but yeah.
Take me out. Sorry.

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex