Social Comment - Consecrated By Blood Poem by Paul Warren

We are so serious about some things
But when do really know what it truly brings
We weren’t a country until the ANZAC sacrifice
Every death that has occurred is enough to suffice
What about 9/11 when the twin towers fell to the ground
And all people living in a senseless fear too profound

Each of us needs to see what’s right now
And find peace together we have the know how
Nothing needs to be consecrated in blood
This plan I know for us is no dud

Fighting and slaughter over whose religion is right
Means more death and destruction with no end to the fight
Every family torn apart by domestic violence now
Or a senseless death on the road when we should know how
Drugs that cause damage and sorrow that’s wrought
When we could live together with peace we’ve already bought

Each of us needs to see what’s right now
And find peace together we have the know how
Nothing needs to be consecrated in blood
This plan I know for us is no dud

Does there need to be consecration by blood
Before we would treat it as just a lot of crud
Surely in these times of great enlightenment
We can decipher what the message has meant
All the suffering, sorrow and pain in times past
Surely means we can live in a peace that will last

Each of us needs to see what’s right now
And find peace together we have the know how
Nothing needs to be consecrated in blood
This plan I know for us is no dud

© Paul Warren Poetry