The Conscientious Objector Poem by DM W

I won't fight in your dirty war.

I will stay at home

And cultivate plants & flowers instead.

I will paint & write guided by

The blessed light of a higher consciousness.

I will compose epic odes to Beauty.

I will pray for your wanton soul.

I will not be part of a conspiracy of silence.

I will denounce your war from the roof tops.

I will disseminate sweet Visions of beatitude

On the paralysed streets.

So hand me a white feather,

And call me a coward.

I really don't care at all.