For Kelly Kurt and Mike Smith
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I have lived a safe and prosperous life as a privilege American and yet I am aware of the the immense suffering of so many contemporary people. But awareness is a pale response to deprivations others experience. Your poem strongly suggests this situation of inequality and mass suffering can only get worse, that humanity has crossed a threshold into its dark future. You cite your Old Soul in a young body that informs you of this reality of a world gripped by hellish degradation. You see us humans standing on a knife edge of disaster, clearly losing our balance, about to tip into the Abyss - and no divine intervention will save us. At least you see no evidence of it. There is integrity of purpose in this poem. Souren. I won't argue against it, even though I personally do not feel so pessimistic. I realize you are not being pessimistic, you're not being anything - You're telling the truth as you experience it. The whole, bitter truth of your experience of contemporary life. That's what I mean by integrity of experience.
Very beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing your feeling and thought provoking words with us.
This was the most powerful protest I have ever read about war and its mindless violence in its pursuit of whatever ideology is being espoused- -usually some variation of the I am better than you schoolyard rantings. I wish you would post more of your writings here- -you have a massive talent, Souren. [I doubt it will excite you but I give this a 10]