Whose advice the Essene monk took in travail
Whose voice the Consul heard to nail the Essene
Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 9
Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail
Would that faithful followers step in between
Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail
Whose advice the Essene monk took in travail
Whose voice the Consul heard to nail the Essene
Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail
How easy the truth in search of the Holy Grail
Whispered under the pipal tree’s leafy sheen
Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail
The elephant flaps its ears trumpeting flail
The charge comes to a halt before enemy mean
Turn the cheek kneel while kith and kin wail
The Yin yearns to hook the Yang without whom frail
Engage not the enemy when out to bait lean
Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail
Risk not the lot of what virtues earn entail
On the chance encounter demolishing Yin
Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail
Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail
And here was I thinking all the time that His Lordship was the true scion of the Knights Templar for having hid the Holy Grail in some over-used coffee or chamber pot, so you'll agree, Senor, that the greatest harm the British Empire has bequeathed its far-flung domains is the obsteperous unelected "State within the State" (L'Etat dans l'Etat) which makes a mockery of DEMOCRACY. Guess which "entity" (the secret or the manifest) wields true or absolute power wherever it has sprung deep roots??? And its international tentacles undermining the clusters or unions of States... Toodely-Doooooo !!!
So many elephants have made that charge before the great White hunter whose elephant gun had an opportunity amid shaking in his boots to fire between the eyes and dispatch the mighty beast who meant no harm. Sad.
And while monks were taught to turn the other cheek when confronted, some of them, like the Knights Templar, took up arms anyway to sue the devil and take his riches home to praise and disrespect.
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And while monks were taught to turn the other cheek when confronted, some of them, like the Knights Templar, took up arms anyway to sue the devil and take his riches home to praise and disrespect.
Ron