The selection this week comes from Peace Tree contributing poet Tina Louise. Thank you again Tina Louise for sharing your words with the Peace Tree.Tina Louise on the poem Dear Activisits:
When I started trying to find ways to let my government know how much the war upset me and how wrong I felt it was, I hit a lot of brick walls. All the ignorance, arrogance and lies came from the official channels of complaint....but once I found the grass-roots activists, bloggers, artists etc. I found honesty, courtesy, warmth and humility blended with the tenacity and ferocity we need to get this war ended.
And now...
Dear Activists
To the activists
The tireless masses
Who have dished the truth
When it was labelled dirt
Who risked reputations
Suffered hurt
Who called spades spades
And never gave
In to government cavalcade
To Cindy Sheehan
And the rest
Who have tried their very best
To out the truth
And reveal the lies
To rip apart
Media disguise
To men and women
Students and veterans
To grandmas and scholars
Mourning families of servicemen
To all the individuals
Who took a stand
Refused to be fed by hand
The bullshit that takes us to war
The fantasy that implores
We torture spy and mistrust
Even the most innocent of us
To all who responded
When others cried ‘help’
To all who offered
Bandwidth as well
To internet surfers who paved the way
To veteran musicians who play
Old songs and new songs
That pluck at the core
Of government lunacy and more
To Dylan for the back catalogue
And Lennon too
Neil Young and Springsteen
Refreshed and renewed
To all who replied when I asked how
I could be heard about this war now
For the courtesy and friendship
Intellect and wit
For the genuine way
You all gave a sh*t
….thank you.
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