You Cannot!

you cannot win freedom by bloodshed!
fighting for preordained sections of land,
oil and mineral rights....

we dont own the earth,
................and never will!

you cannot convert other peoples
to your capitalistic form of Christianity
with a sword and vengeance....

ask the Native Americans
.....how they feel about this!

you cannot bring about justice,
when your judicial system is oiled
with money and color...

when you have more people in prison
than any other country!

you cannot convince anyone to do
the right thing when everything you do
is based on selfish greed....

doing the right thing means being human,
being human is something we've forgotten!

you cannot bring about change,
unless you're willing to change yourselves...
all good things begin within....

we are what we choose to be,
not what we pretend to be!

poem by Eric Cockrell
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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