The Buck Stops Here

Is life better than death

If so, then surely peace must be better than war

If suffering is something that nobody wants

Why should it escalate more

Are we really so afraid we have to close our eyes

And ignore that these things exist

Some of us believe that it's more important

To feed the banker before the poor

And some are not quite sure just what they want

But they're positive that they want more

Conflict in the name of peace

As we declare war again and again

Seems to be that the politics of power

Are brutal murder equals material gain

Why are we content to ride the wave

Whilst forgetting about the storm

And why must the hand that delivers the child

Seek to strangle the unborn

Rich, stinking, parasite

Wealth in wallet but none in mine

Divorced from want and oblivious to

The unfortunates of humankind...

And meanwhile, half a world away

A baby cries, dying of hunger,

It's tiny body ravaged by disease,

An old man falls to his knees

Embracing a blood stained corpse that once carried life

The battering corpse of his wife

A grief stricken mother turns silently from a window

As she waits for her son who'll never return

Another victim of another cause

Obscenity...war

In the playground wide eyed children play war games

Whilst on the other side of the street real war continues

guns and bombs as toys

Or the real mccoy

Men pointing rifles out of armored cars

Creates tension, causes bloodshed

And we fool ourselves, as some of us believe that this is peace

A grain of rice a day

Keeps malnutrition at bay...(bollocks)

Most so called aid to the third world

Comes in the form of weapons

We'll I'm sorry mate but something's gone wrong

If we seriously believe that guns and bombs preserve life

Seems to us that the opposite is true

Weapons create wealth only for the arms dealers

Is it really okay to make profit out of death

Civilization? We're but a fucking joke

We're never find peace unless we find ourselves

But it's late and it's getting very dark outside

When we are confronted with obstacles in our path towards a more compassionate and wholesome way of life. Too often we pass the blame on to someone or something else. We do this in order to remove the burden from ourselves. And thus we distort the problem rather than solve it. The ends we reach for cannot be achieved unless we find in ourselves what we desire to see throughout the world. An awareness of what we are doing, and where it is leading us, is the first major stage and found our own way through it, can we further our own personal progress. it is then, that we may reflect on what we see, and, if necessary, make efforts to change ourselves.

When we have learnt to recognize the strength that lays within each and every one of us, the foundations for a truly harmonious world will have been laid. When we have learnt to use this strength to it's full advantage, when we have learnt to share it with those who have not yet found it within themselves, we may then, and only then, begin to really set forth on the path towards a peaceful coexistence for all to share.

Together we can change the world, but time is running out and the buck stops with you.