The World At War
By Cori Schleich, February 2011
The world is at war, so get out your armor,
Cause there’s nowhere to go to escape these encounters.
Just like the clash of the Titans,
We got the clash of the mighty
Nations, fightin’ for rights, for control,
for fuel and for power.
Power surges through our veins, like cocaine,
It’s insane the way we play like a game,
Woundin’ and killin’ our rivals
Like that will stop all the pain
From invading our brains,
We simply cannot refrain
From hurting each other.
Can you hear ‘em?
In the land of the pyramids,
We got Arabs all in the midst
Of oppression, aggression,
Their leaders keep on transgressin’
Can’t even get a genuine
Right to expression,
So they shout, cause they doubt
Their president’s prowess to lead,
And they don’t want to bleed
They just want to be appeased
Instead of turning their cheeks,
They finally stand up for their creed.
Let’s proceed to Iraq and Iran, and so on
Where distress is brought on
By the government’s chaos,
That seems stuck on the blood
And the violence that abducts
any chance of becoming
free.
But let me tell you, it’s there.
The writing’s on the wall
I can feel it in the air, so prepare.
I’m the Army of Light,
I won’t dare quit the fight,
I’ll devote my life,
Cause I can’t just tight and wait for the
World to aspire.
I’m lighting the fire, I’m out to inspire,
To remind humankind of our inherent desire
For peace, for love, for unity.
You can call me a hippie, but here’s an epiphany:
No one wants misery.
Think of the imagery,
Kids playin like Disney,
Different races habitually loving one another,
Their colors brilliantly contrasting
It’s a symphony of diversity.
Government speaking unequivocally
Of equality, of greatness, of justice, of
Freedom.
So stop with this gluttonous, greedy ugliness
And let’s reach out for the oneness,
For the veritable tranquility.
It’s a thunderous feeling,
To know we’re unleashing the change
That will deliver this world
Into serenity….
And also:
Cori Schleich
18 February 2011
What I’m For
I’m for sunsets,
For the force of life that burns your heart
And lights the fire in your life
And you catch your breath
And absorb the world.
I’m for running for something,
Till your lungs catch the flame, too.
I’m for responsibility, for mistakes,
And what you gain, what you see
From the depths of a consequence,
From the journey out.
I’m for helping, for caring,
Cause when you show
That you can care, then they know
And that care will just grow
Like fire in a dry meadow.
I’m for understanding,
Not reprimanding.
For reaching out, for believing,
In the world, in your friend, in yourself.
I’m for self-worth and self-love,
For affirmations, for pep talks,
For weeping when it’s too much,
Then standing up and moving on.
I’m for feeling every emotion,
Noticing every notion,
Fighting against the spinning earth,
Then letting go and…
Shhh, just let it happen.
Let the world and
All its fury and pain
Wash over me like a showering rain,
Because I’m for knowing it’ll change.
I’m the music in all of us,
For the melody of voices all together,
Perfect unity in diversity,
Free from animosity, only generosity
With a lack of hypocrisy.
Perfect beauty reflected in the mixture
Of all hearts, of all humans.
I’m for music that slides into your mind
Not as a note, but as a word,
A color, a taste, a thought a tear.
I’m for acceptance of the way things are,
Awareness for the way things can be,
Courage to change them,
Courage to realize that
I’ve got more for the world.
I think the work speaks for itself. I'm so lucky to be the sister of someone with this heart and this capacity of expression.
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