DON QUIXOTE IS ALIVE AND WELL
What a welcomed change to write a poem
away from my work to dissuade poets against war.
Pleadings for common sense over ideals
seem to fall on closed ears and minds of
those adopting beliefs of
anyone but their duly elected leaders.
Poets against war want to write away
this war's reality in eliminating new oppressors
doing their thing through religion and faith.
The pen may be mightier, but can it dislodge
ambitious savages killing their own
to gain calculated advantages?
Are these writers worthy when
our young suffer and die that others might live free?
Countering the mission of our leaders gives support to
modern tin-horn Hitlers like Saddam Hussein,
who before being ousted,
was, himself, a recognized Weapon Of Mass Destruction.
Why would a disagreeing poet choose to appease
until a bigger war takes millions of lives?
Since 1945 the United States of America has been
a world policeman with a good record;
no world war has engulfed us.
Inconsiderate action against our country's chosen path
appears to flaunt in true Don Quixote style,
bringing confusing results from impotent blows
against solid and lawful windmills.