Bombs That We Drop

Alistair Briggs on Mar 25, 2009

Tags: inspirational, poem, Poetry, though-provoking

An up-to-date poem that looks at some of the problems in the world to day. It end with a very poignant message about the bombs that we drop.

If you want to free your mind,
open up your eyes.
Take a look around you,
right up to the skies.
Tell me what you see?
Is it what you had imagined?
The pains of the world,
are staring right back at you.

They say that time’s a healer,
but it doesn’t fix the past.
If you want to change the future,
you got to look to the past.
Mistakes are made by everyone,
but solved by only a few.
If you want to change the world,
then that is up to you.

The bombs that we drop,
the lives that we take,
the animal’s inside us,
it cannot be fake.
Dreams are for the rich ones,
for the poor it’s broken lies.
Trying to reach for peace,
before we all die.

We didn’t start the problems,
started long ago
and we didn’t light the fire,
that’s still in full glow.
Somehow we have to deal,
with all the problems in the world.
Why don’t we all just stop and look,
listen and learn,
seize the day
and stop the war.

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C Jordan on Mar 25, 2009
I liked it very much, almost Bob Dylan in style.
George W Whitehead on Mar 25, 2009
I’m glad to see your inspiration’s returned, Alistair. Great poem. I can imagine Joni Mitchell singing this back in the sixties.
Darla Cooke on Mar 25, 2009
Great poem!
clay hurtubise on Mar 25, 2009
Very nice. Forgive and move on.
Thanks,
Clay
Mrdavidjohnson on Mar 25, 2009
Even though you gave me great advice for grammar. thanx. I didn’t think you had this poem in you.
yaffel on Mar 25, 2009
Amen to that Alistair excellent write.
Mr Ghaz on Mar 25, 2009
Excellent! That was well-written and lovely piece. Loved it! Keep it up
Casey Kelley on Mar 25, 2009
Great message penned beautifully.
ShaFar on Mar 25, 2009
Beautiful!! Very true. Sends a message of peace. Good flow.
I enjoy reading your work.
Jose Monaca on Mar 25, 2009
Very well said!
Elizabeth Abbott on Mar 26, 2009
OH! So true! We all live under the same sky, but we don\’t see the same light! I like it. E
Mrs M on Mar 26, 2009
Such a lovely poem. It is awful when we take a deep look at our world today. As a nation and a world we have a lot of healing and fixing to do.
rutherfranc on Mar 27, 2009
very timely.. I`m with Clay, look forward to a brighter future taking only the lessons learned from the past and leave the bitterness behind..
Aauhein on Mar 30, 2009
Like this kind of subject matter,good one.p.s.you should drop the s in animals it would read better.
Mrs. Turaz on May 9, 2009
I like this poem.
DA Cournean on Jun 19, 2009
Very nice!
California Dreamer on Jun 19, 2009
Very nice poem, lots of thoughts are in it, good job.
Brenda Nelson on Jul 17, 2009
If women ran the world all wars would happen once a month for a few days. Unfortunately men war for things like oil and power, it would be great if it stopped.. but we have not learned to control our greed… and as the population surges it will only get worse I fear.
Mark Gordon Brown on Jul 17, 2009
I grew up in the 80’s Cold War era. Many songs of that time were much like this, Dylan-like indeed, great.
Marie Milton on Jul 25, 2009
I love the first paragraph…but of course the entire piece is wonderfully crafted…I love it : )…well done Alistair..hehehe
BradONeill on Jul 25, 2009
I hate the message but love the poet. It would be nice if we could just not go to war. Oil is something worth going to war over without it our economy and society would cease to exist. It is not greed it is the preservation of our lives. I would agree we should strive towards peace. But there is no sounder sleep than the night after you have killed your last enemy.
Alina Beck on Jul 25, 2009
You’re right, we didn’t start the problems, but we can all work at fixing them. Nice work.
maranatha on Jul 26, 2009
Very American 60’s in style, well crafted. How nice it would be to run out of enemies…. I think there are more bombs than the ones drpped in war, and they are just as important to the survival of this world.
goodselfme on Jul 26, 2009
Wonderful conviction in this well done piece.
I Have Had Enough on Jul 27, 2009
Very nice poem.
shelly barclay on Jul 27, 2009
Beautiful meaning, if only it were that simple.
Cebah on Jul 27, 2009
Liked! We all have a part to play, if we have the courage…
Theresa Johnson on Aug 12, 2009
i do think that peace is a good thing, but at this point in time the war in iraq is a neccessary evil….due to those already lost , if we turn back and run now their lives were lost in vain…
Mrs.Turaz on Aug 12, 2009
War in Iraq … Osama bin Laden was from Afghanistan, why attacked Iraq?
Alistair Briggs on Aug 12, 2009
Sorry, just to clarify this piece wasn’t written about the Iraq War, or necessarily war at all.
Marie Milton on Sep 26, 2011
This one must of been for one of Mo’s anthologies … were my comments always so lame? lol.

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