**This is a poem I wrote to fit a theme and deadline. I hope you guys like the simple theme more than I. As always, comment.
If you give the world a cookie
If you give the world a reason,
it'll most surely fight.
If you give the world a gun,
it'll most surely shoot it.
If you give the world a tank,
they'll most surely drive it.
If you gave that world a bomb,
they'll most surely drop it.
If you gave the world a uniform,
he'll most certainly wear it.
If you raised the world an army,
he'll most certainly command it.
If you sacrificed the world a son,
she'll most certainly weep.
If you starved the world's children,
she'd most surely sell herself.
If you offered the world a treaty,
we will most surely sign it.
But if you offered the world lasting peace,
we would most surely trash it.
Hmm..I really dunno what to think on this one. It's like saying the world will do whatever is possible to screw itself up, because of the one's living, controlling in the world...
ReplyDeleteThat may be true, but if that were the case, wouldn't, shouldn't we learn?
I like this piece because it perfectly shows how corrupted and self-serving people tend to be in the world. We jump at the chance for destructive behaviour yet it is quite difficult to promote and enforce positive or overall constructive actions/behaviours. The fact that this is true shows that this is one of the biggest faults in our society today and should be frowned upon, not applauded. Great job on this, Ian!
ReplyDeleteSo if you DID give the world a cookie,
ReplyDeleteit would most surely hog it?
What I admired most about this piece is how you transformed the world, from something that is distant and apart from us, to something we are all a part of.
Starting with gifts of abuse: reasons, guns, tanks; things an individual,"you" can accuse "it"-the world- of abusing. Then slowly realizing to the reader that "we" are part of the world that is being trashed.
As Aaron said, we should learn. Learn to share an everlasting peace as we should share a cookie. But I don't think the generous will ever outnumber the greedy.