knowing my enemy ...

lovers stroll entwined

the ' creeek ' of the swings

a light cooling breeze
   amid left-over light
while a greying cloudbank lies on the horizon
   hiding the sun's set

children run
   and try handstands on the grass
a toddling miniature tries to join in

folk dining
drinking
chatting

boats anchored
barely move
as the evening tide heads out
slowly

an atmosphere of
peace
pervades

strollers
yellow shirt
shorts
bicycles

women assume babytalk
as people meet people

all is quiet
calm
   on the waterfront

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while
somewhere
war is engaged
bomb blasts flash
guns bark
people hide
run
children in-hand
away
as doom darkens their horizon
and the smoke thickens

fear shoots adenaline
eyes dilate
pulses quicken
....... . .. . ....  . . . .  . . . .

as the world turns

... .. . . . . ..  . ....

selah

..............................................................

why am i here
while they are there .... ... .. ..

coffee and a brownie
the peacefull intrusion
   of dusk
relaxed

while hearts pump blood
   furiously
as they race
   away
to get away
from the madness
the inane
insane
reality
of humans
killing
humans
in obedience to some higher power
some darkminded
powerlusting
moneyloving
soul
who deserves
no soul

...  .  .... .. .

why
why me

suppose
i
was
them

.. . .. .. .  .. .. .   .

i enjoy living in peace
in a  country where peace reigns
for now anyway

but
i must never think
i'm somehow better
or better off
or forget their plight
their struggle
for life

...

i am a Jesusperson
mine is to
   draw his breath
   bleed his blood
   emote
   passion
   love
as Jesus

..... .

i sit here
comfortably
in peace
while they run
hide
in war
 ........ ... .. . . . . ..  . . ..  .. .... ... .

i have no illuminating comments
   to help understand
i don't
understand
so
i have to live on the basis of
what i do know

i know
this worldsystem
is controlled from behind
from hidden places
by wickedness

and it's broken

i know
people are not
the responsible
   when you boil off the fluff
spiritforces are ...
they are everywhere
even
in heavenly places

it's them i am at war with

it's them i want to see
run
away
in fear
eyes dilated
pulses quickened

..... . . . . . ... . . ..     .

mine
is to know
my enemy
and my not enemy

and to respond
as Jesus

 shalom ..~