The Problem (Of War and People)



Problem is,
War is the problem--not the answer.
It is death in hell
Waged on earth--
For two reasons: offend
And defend. And even as it purports
To defend, it offends. Or vice versa.
The finality of death should be cause
To bring--"the one and only
Just cause"--on the table...
For the world: Peace.
The idiocy of war is
What makes death such a waste
Of everything humanely worth dying for.
Problem is,
The answer is the problem.
It is people lost in finding themselves
Amongst one another.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbcdefghijkalmAnob
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 473
Words 88
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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