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Faith, Religion, and Hope |
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I've bitten off more than I can chew
For real wisdom
comes to so few
Never granted to an April fool
Through
years of school
There are only three
Needed to be
Food, Water, Shelter
The basics of life they mutter
This is fine for a dog or cat
But man has evolved past
that
Man needs a little more
To continue on life's
Chore.
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
That is
more like it
Life is granted through food, water, and
shelter
Liberty, some say, is freedom
But is anyone
really free
Freedom is restrained by community
The
last is the Pursuit of Happiness
Pursuit of Happiness is
Hope
Man needs Hope
On a mid-summers day
Justice of the Peace Office
Sin City
Look into her
brown eyes
See Hope and say I Do
Wake beside her
beauty
A gentle caress feels something new
New life;
Faith says it's a girl
Hope for the future
Rain
falls on Poncho Hooch
Soldier reads words written far
away
"I love you"
Hope to see her again
He fights
on
Sand blows blinding
Minds Eye glowing brown
eyes
Hope climbs with Faith
Hopes to go Home
Faith
that they are Safe
For the sacrifice made this day.
You See Hope and Faith are needed.
Hope is desire for
the future
Faith is Knowledge of the unproven
Religion is not needed
Religion is control
Religion is
fear
Religion is manipulation.
Maybe this April
fool
Had the tool
To handle the big one
For like me
this poem is done
For I've lost Hope
For anything
but the end
I have Faith that I won't remember
The
things that make
My heart heavy.
I have Faith that my
government
the one I fought for
would rather I be
gone. |
By Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Copyright 2006
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September 7, 2012 |
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About
Author...
Mark Kirkmeyer served as a Light Weapons/Medical Specialist in the U.S. Army (1983-88), the U.S. Army Reserve (1988-1992), and the California National Guard (1992-1995). He is Gulf War Veteran (1991) and served in Korea (1986-87).It is illegal to
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