Waltzing Matilda…Oh What A Shame
Hearts repentant cry long into the night.
Trepidation in valor steals the very soul.
Come softly the belief of dying before the light.
Fighting for what remains forever to him unknown.
They never lived life to see the grace of old age.
They fought then, and fight today for a brighter way?
Too much do the kings of maligned history ask to give.
Too much now is the sorrow in even those who managed to live.
What a shame it is of precious life taken so quickly away.
Oh what a shame it is that man is man and his heart is foul to this day.
Peace now cried the poor man, peace now cried the lame.
History forever neglects to remember war as it is with disdain.
OH WHAT A SHAME…God Bless Them All who fought and fight this day.
J. Allen Wilson © 2007
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You're not Australian are you?
In short, the nations are all committing the foulest of genocide in the name of progress, Oil is much more a concern than that of human life.
Downunder here right now, the general concencus is that we have been Yanked off, and that's coming from within the ranks of our Young...
I just watch and listen, and do not have preference of politics, but if push comes to shove and the US gets it's way as proposed, to make NZ part of Australia, we lose our identity, civil war emerges amid the ranks of the indigenous ppls of my homeland, OH what a shame that will be...
Many Australians think this is a great idea, I have no idea why??
When was bloodshed over dirt, a good idea!!
I like Hoges approach, in the movie Croc Dundee, when Sue asks him his opinion on land rights..."he says, it's like two flea's arguing over the dog they live on" Point being, we don't own this earth, we are just Tenants, all of us, have a You beaut day
God bless
:)Ch'erie
Love,
Eileen
This poem was not about one incident, one war, one country, but about the evil that is in MANS heart. Man as being all men, all nations, all wars. To advocate war no matter which the individual nation are party, is evil in its purest form, for as Jerry points out…” What a shame that there are those who desire to kill innocent civilians”
In war of any nature the innocent always suffer…yes what a shame.
“What a shame it is of precious life taken so quickly away.
Oh what a shame it is that man is man and his heart is foul to this day.
Peace now cried the poor man, peace now cried the lame.
History forever neglects to remember war as it is with disdain.”
dan
I love this line! The video is moving!...as is this pen!
Enjoyed!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~
History teaches, but we never seem to learn.
And history certainly does 'neglect to remember war as it is with disdain.'
Appropriate title you've chosen. Here in Australia, Waltzing Matilda is sometimes sung: 'Waltzing Matilda, somebody killed her...'
Yes, we need to give life the final respect it deserves; we didn't give ourselves life, so how dare anyone profess to have the right to order it away in the name of................?
In Sanskrit, the term war means: More Cows...
Ultimately, it's a land thing.. and of course boys who've not outgrown their 'toys'. We must start living with intelligent awareness and remember: We Belong to Each Other...
Thank you for writing what needs to be written.
Love, Suzie