16 Thursday Feb 2017
Posted in Observation, War
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Emotions may land you in trouble.
They shatter; they burst like a bubble.
Look over the oceans –
Acts based on emotions
Bring misery, carnage and rubble.
14 Wednesday Jan 2015
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Remember that term – “Arab Spring”?
And all of the joy it would bring?
As it fades into winter
The flowers split and splinter;
Chill winds paralyze with their sting.
12 Thursday Jan 2012
Posted in Observation, Satire
There’s much ado about the Arab Spring.
It has about it such a pleasant ring.
We in the West can really feel exalted
By how the Arab countries have revolted.
But lately I must say I’ve been observing
Developments that really are disturbing,
For Muslim fundamentalists are grinning,
As at the ballot boxes they are winning.
Now revolutionaries are depressed,
They fear the rights they’ve won will be suppressed,
For victory over tyrants quickly pales,
For women forced to hide behind their veils.
And from the past we know the lessons clear,
That those who don’t conform will live in fear,
For there at fundamentalism’s core,
Among the shadows hides – Sharia Law.
The end result’s too early yet too call,
But let us hope the Spring is not the Fall.
Copyright © Dennis N. O’Brien, 2012
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