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Home arrow News & Views arrow In the Air: Because of Violence

In the Air: Because of Violence
Written by Jason Nicholas   
Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Following is an excerpt from a poem by current student Jason Nicholas: 

Because humankind (mankind, womankind, people, the products
      Of flesh and blood, the subjects of love and hate, the caring
      Components of careful plans, the surprise results of impromptu
      Intercourse, the discarded unwanted remnants of the same,
      The inert and the charged, the important and the impotent, the
      Living and the lifeless ends of grey society...)

Because all these have the ability and responsibility
      For healing
            —The blessing of another
                    Is the means to end violence
The expression of goodwill
      The substantial words lived out.
As a society built upon fear
      Feeds itself with fear;
An individual composed of well-being
Grows and spreads that energy
            —We are an infectious breed
The mindset, the purposed thought, from one healing—the healing
      Of society follows. 

The rest of the poem can be found on Jason's weblog, Edge of Somewhere.

 
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