These are the healing powers of written words.
They span beyond time and space.
I choose to use them well.

There is sweetness in freedom of choice,
With valor and beauty when following through.

You wish to live a life of service?
May I ask: ‘Who are you serving?’

How much more will it take?
How many more times will you strike
with the spellbound knife,
cut into humanity’s core, 
squint when our bodies bleed,
until you realize you have been fooled…

Dear fellow soul,
don’t you know?

Haven’t you realized by now?
You can never quench the thirst for blood.
It’s addictive, like opium and cocaine,
it will suck you in like the sinking mud.

Be wise, choose well, dear friend.
Two more weeks to Groundhog Day,
when shadows go or shadows stay.

Be the warrior in your own light.
Don’t make the same mistake twice.
The innocent will have to pay the price.

One loving heart is all we need to stop the war.
May that heart be yours. 

                @brigitree