A Time for Consciousness
By Kim Gongre
09/04/06 "Information
Clearing House" -- -- Standing amid the swirling ashes of our own
destruction, we deny the cinders of the charred bodies even as
we try in vain to wipe them from our eyes. We deny the blood
dripping from our hands while telling ourselves secret stories
of how the dead count and do not count all at the same time.
Behold the peacemaker who knows not the consciousness of peace.
Freedom is ringing with the sound of children gasping and
crying, writhing and dying, burning from a powder they will
never know the name of. We deny them the very sanctity of life
itself even as we boldly declare their liberation from tyranny
to the entire world. We hide behind our shield of noble ideals
as we drive deep the point of our own sword of tyranny.
Behold the liberator who knows not the consciousness of
liberation.
Death has called at the door of a mother. We expect her to
accept, without question, the flag of our righteousness. We
demand that she allow us to honor her sacrifice so that we may
hold onto the illusion of our dignity
In honor of Gold Star Families for Peace.
http://www.gsfp.org/
Kim Gongre - kim@peacetrees.org -
http://www.thepeacetree.blogspot.com/
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