Voice of Reason (Original Poem)

I wrote this poem because the state of the world and the politics of America's leaders and others' are a big concern to me. Priscilla (Priloomis) and I discussed this back in July and she provided a beautiful drawing that I used in my video alongside other pictures & drawings I found online. Kris Shred provided the background music and enhanced my voice to make me sound all cool. ;-)
Here is my poem:

Voice of Reason

We are not at war.
It is our leaders who made that fateful choice.
We are people underground.
We perpetuate a communication, another voice.

It is the anti-voice.
The voice of reason that we have come to know.
Within ourselves it exists.
The voice of reason lives within us alone.

It travels high and low.
Through wires, circuits and waves it flows.
It travels unchecked.

Inked paper, scratched for the furious cause.
With speed and determination
the writing is on the wall, on the gravestones.
Those with a muted voice
shattered by war and ignorance not their own.

They are buried here, again muffled.
The truth yet travels far and wide, underneath
the vacant eyes of the so-called wise.
Who have not much aside from pride.

Do they even know us?
They refuse to see us,
they refuse to see what we see.
Distracted by power and greed.

Money exchanges greasy palms
of the war mongers who thrive while we cry.
And the people, the people
They continue to write about their fight.

The people write about love.
For they love one another so much more
than what the politics
decry.
It is just a fallacy to create more hate and lies.

But underground exists.
The people, the people true heart and soul
of the world that we believe in.
We gather across nations and seas in hope.

Our hands may never meet
but our hearts are deep in each other
reaching out when we can't speak.
Our words join underground together.

Oh the ways of condemnation
of twisting our lives to dwindle downward
when we have no such indignation
against others and what is spread forth.

Again the lies which we are told
Hang on this, our ever word, and we will bring you freedom.
And they blind themselves what we behold
The lives of men and their many creations which lead them.

Our art is our voice
Our love for one another is our choice
Never gagged or mute.
We do not deny our love in the underground.

Where we shelter each other
from the ways of our so called leaders
and we smile at another
with no faces or names. We are simple. We are people.

By Aleisha Russell
July 13, 2007

Check out Priscilla and KrisShred at their channels.

www.youtube.com/priloomis
www.youtube.com/krisshred

I've always felt that war is not the answer. I have always thought that love and communication are key to friendship among people and nations.

"When the power of love is greater than the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix

Pri's picture includes: Monkeylessjohn, modernoracle, priloomis, aleishar, krisshred, celestialsam, carolvegas, benjamincostello, ottodix, and mellestar

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[sistaspooky1013]

But we are no gods, only people, and as such, we fight, we break, we fall, we rise, lose and regain peace and keep singing the song of the heart that wishes to lay down the swords.

:(

[aleishar]

beautifully said. We can still spread the voices of peace and reason despite all who would silence them.

[novaboy572]

im sorry for being mean i want to understand why you say this? really i want to know please respond?

[aleishar]

maybe you don't understand my message??? What do you think I mean?

[raycolondotcom]

Hello Aleisha, nicely done. If only there was an end in sight for, as you say, "the lies that we are told". I enjoyed your video. Thanks, Ray.

[aleishar]

thanks Ray. :D

[ottodix]

this is such a beautiful poem aleish !!!

[sistaspooky1013]

Don't be blind dear, nobody wants to silence the voice of peace. The thing is we all do all for ourselves and some people have different needs then 'ours'. We cannot satisfy everyone, so we do for ourselves - make art, feed those who are needy of food, spread love and beauty around and try to remain on the contributer side ;)

[sistaspooky1013]

Leaders are not people?

I believe art is the voice of peace ;) Let this voice be heard.

Beautiful work. Only now I have seen it browsing thru... ;)

I still wish to believe in the power of love as a value of acceptance and understanding. However, it is the greatest business people that co operate to reach the best deal for all that usually make acheivements.

If only the right circumstances could have been created, there would be no war.

[novaboy572]

idk you but babe im sorry to be honest i lost my friends in iraq im willing to go back and fight for9-11 and for the ones that fallen not the ones who said your going backk watch my vids you can understand lil better what and whyy i am there