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No One Has Ever Successfully Killed in the Name of God

/ March 20, 2009 / Comments Off

cloudsYou cannot kill in the name of God.
‘Tis far more futile an attempt
Than keeping little brother kempt
Or clever baby sister shod.

It matters not from whence you trod,
Adorned with trinkets or topaz,
No man or woman ever has
Slain another in the name of God.

No court or rogue or firing squad,
With paperwork or heartfelt prayer,
In person or some distant lair,
E’er did slay in the name of God.

Oh rhetoric! Oh great facade!
They try to sell neath blazing sun
Absurdities that can’t be done:
To try and kill in the name of God.

Parker Allen Stacy, IV
3/20/2009

Copyright 2009 Parker Allen Stacy, IV. All Rights Reserved.

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Race, Race unto the Glory of the Light

/ March 5, 2009 / Comments Off

(Note: This is related to “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas.)

Do not go gentle into that good night,
This age reveals the sacred passageway;
Race, race unto the glory of the light.

The learned men and women know the rite,
In consultation with their souls they say
Do not go gentle into that good night.

The good, now growing day by day, recite
The joys of progress made along the way,
Race, race unto the glory of the light.

Those wild once, now pensive and contrite,
It is never too late, at end of day
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Those grave, infirm, who fought the noble fight,
To mortal limits yield, yet shan’t delay,
Race, race unto the glory of the light.

And you, dear one, whose soul is shining bright,
Though still, aware there’s more to us than clay,
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Race, race unto the glory of the light.

Parker Allen Stacy, IV
3/5/2009

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