Adages Poem by Frank Avon
Adages
Remember this
Remember this
It's always easier
to raze
than to raise
to wreck
than to erect.
Teach your children this
while they're playing with their Legos
instead of with nations.
It's easier
to invade
than to occupy,
to occupy
than to withdraw
to withdraw
than to facilitate
reconstruction.
Any of these can be a trauma.
Just ask Barak Hussein Obama.
Destruction
is easier
than construction.
Obstruction
is easier
than reconstruction.
Teach your children plainly.
It's too late to teach Saddam Hussein;
it's too late to teach Richard Cheney
and his ilk.
It's much easier
to desire
to conspire
(or simply to expire)
than to inspire
but, after all, it's inspiration
that's the foundation of civilization.
We must inspire
collaboration
and negotiation
education
and dedication
without reservation
to avoid
DEVASTATION
OBLITERATION
ANNIHILATION
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4/23/2024 12:03:39 PM # 1.0.0.1119
I say AMEN! to your poem. I agree 100% with your assessment of our nations's sorry foreign policy. I remember telling someone who was cheering the collapse of Saddam's army in the Second Persian Gulf War that fighting the peace would be harder than fighting the war. I'm no arm-chair military person, but I could SEE that. My colleague just laughed off my concern. Within half a year there was no more laughter. I wrote a rare political poem during the First P. G. War. It's called THE POET SPEAKS. It was inspired by a poet from Iraq who is a man of PEACE. The poem is sad to say still relevant almost twenty years later! !