The War Within Society

THE WAR WITHIN SOCIETY

This is the song to those who cannot see,

Sorrow,

This is for those who can not hear,

Crying,

This is for those who can not speak with

Kindness,

Who are deaf and dumb to what they do,

And how it affects what others choose.

For you are busy,

You are consumed,

By your own pain,

And those around you are invisible,

For the war within is the real war,

That divides society,

At its core.

So I say to all,

Please stop yelling,

And start listening,

Please stop ignoring,

And start facing the mirror,

Please let go of the story of others,

And look into your own story,

Let go of criticism of how others wronged you,

And consider what you are doing which is counter-productive,

For you are the role model,

You live the example,

As your example lives,

And do you reflect on – what example are you setting?

What it is that you do that you keep forgetting?

As you project on to others what you cannot own,

Blaming others why you feel alone,

When you build walls to keep love out,

As your windows are dark and tear stained,

As denial hides in the corner,

A pain body uninformed,

Refusing to let go of shadows,

Cast from the memory

Of the past,

That doesn’t exist.

Has misery made a home in your heart?

Has blame made your bed?

Have patterns become grooves,

That dive deep,

As the same record keeps on playing,

The same old song.

Why not try a new song?

Why not jump the track?

Why not open the windows and see,

Close your eyes and listen,

For the birds are singing at a higher crescendo,

As a new morning dawns as above so below,

You yawn as you see a different day glow,

As realisation hits you like a thunderbolt,

That there is no blade of grass out of place,

That every moment comes to you by design,

All is for your greatest good,

Even when It seems bleak,

For when you seek you will find,

A way opens out of darkness.