God On Our Side

Trying to fight the silence of the muse again.

God On Our Side

 

We stand,

Defiantly

Against one

Another,

With the belief

That we fight

With God on our side.

 

We dance,

Deftly

With one

Another,

With the thought

That this war

Shows God on our side.

 

We spar,

Divinely

With one

Another,

With the misconception

That bloodshed

Ordains God on our side.

 

We die,

Deceived,

As the

Devil snickers

At the conceit

Of our belief

That God was on our side.

 

Legion

20Jun09

Reviews

[The Archangel Gabriel]

Legion-

Sorry that I have not been around. Is this not the case with holy war and jihad almost all of the time? It appears that we have been plagued by ruthless, cruel dicktators since before we could write down the history of of plagues and oppressions. And, always our leaders seem to declare that Allah almighty is on our side on both sides. Indeed, he is - he is on the side of all of Creation and his own. However, usually it appears to be a horrible power struggle that just ends up with a lot of death and tragedy when war is involved. Missed you greatly during my absence - I have been busy and have the best accounting of my time available in my section that I can discern at this time.

Peace and love,
Gabe

[Morning Bliss]

There are many idiot that use the name of god as an excuse to commit horrible actions among ourselves when every single when of us is capable of doing the same things out of hatred and anger. I give more credit to those people who are honest enough to show hatred then them. Thank you for reminding me that the world isn't perfect and showing it in such a poetic way.

[MIA ST. PAUL]

I really like this legion, It shows how people can be such hypocrites, every one thinks they are going to heaven....

Mia :)

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

It is amazing how so many can do acts that they think God would approve of... even some religions with there far fetched beliefs they claim in the name of God... very well said.

[Stony]

Do we profess to know God's Will? God of Love not war. Great piece

[Lizanne]

In everything mankind does, they try to believe it is ordained or justified in the name of God. To us it seems to place a seal of approval on our misdeeds, wants and wishes. This is a simply stated shout for the world to wake up. Hopefully the it will heed your very wise words.

[fauxcajun]

Some of the bloodiest wars in the history of the world have been fought in the name of God, or His counterpart / At the same time history also gives us the other side of that equation and horrible wars have been fought in the name of the anti-christ, i.e., Hitler, Lenin, Pol Pot, etc.

Which is worse? None. They are all the result of man's foolish desire to impose his will on others . . . Thanks for the poem, I enjoyed reading it and it stirred my thoughts . .

[Passingdaze]

People will go to any length to fight for what they deem 'right' even if it kills everyone and everything in their path. I really enjoyed this and I must say that the talent level here is high. Very good form and very powerful and relevant. Keep up the good writing.

[Kaela Craven]

Yes. There you go. I am atheist, so I don't believe there is a devil or a god, but yes. Everyone thinks that they are the one who is right. They think they are the priveleged few who have the exact truth, who know exactly what god wants, and what god is.

Nice write.

[Brianna Brie]

Wow...this is simply stated, but forcefully powerful. Extra Kudos!