We Can Be More Poem by Fauxcroft Wade

We can be of royal spleandour

we can be of noble grace,

so why is it we choose to disgrace

the human race with this need for war

and I ask, what the hell are they fighting for?

For minerals found underneath the ground

for something a little more profound

like power and wealth

this hungry need

for material possessions and stacks of money.

For ownership of land and sea

is this why we make others suffer and bleed?

this man made thing and created need

that has nothing to do with spiritual humanity.

It is simply a lust and desire for more

deeply rooted in the core

of dysfunctional people who crave war

turn your backs on them I implore.

Relinquish there dysfunctional ways

reject their xenophobic, hate filled violent ways,

and look to love, kindness and peace

and our future will be bright not bleak.