Poetry Post 117

Common Knowledge
Who was the prophet who said peace was won in war
Haven't we heard love thy neighbor a million times before
When in our youth did we pledge to a god or nation of war
Didn't we choose universal love wisdom and justice as the policies to stand for
Whose Messiah was a soldier but not a martyr
Whose Messiah made national preference
Whose Messiah waged war under Divine Providence
How can we call ourselves God fearing if we give to an army our confidence
How can we serve a god of love but act in violence

How Come
How come we only hate war when there isn't one to hate
How can people plan a future and say Earth's salvation is already too late
How come people say we are free
To be who so ever we should want to be
But then say they can't be my neighbor if I can't relate

Slaves Of Human Authority
I'm just another man secluded in his own misery
Finding the truth that man dominates to his injury
You can see that truth for yourself in your own history
But we all agree the solution is our ultimate mystery
The future we make is not ours to see
For we don't know how to be the change we need to be
Living in hedonistic simplicity
Of hate, greed and apathy
We cannot find or measure up to our rightful morality
We can't see what we must do to be free
So we remain slaves to our human authority