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on War and Peace?
from The Beholden

Lyle Watson
explains genetic coding
rules of conduct
binding all of nature

Stated simply
  be nice to insiders
  be nasty to outsiders
  cheat whenever you can
And what of humans?

What binds them
and what loosens them
from such antics
stuck by force
or willingly and by choice?

Jesus the Christ
explains a new law
rules of conduct
binding for all created
elevated to children of God

Stated simply
  love as I have loved you
  love your enemy
  do good to those who hate
Do this and Peace shall be yours
Follow nature's call and you shall have War
War is War – Peace is
Peace:
from Lenten Meditations

   War
      is about the raging fever
      of human corruption
      external symptoms
      of an ailing and suffering
      global system
The Mystical Body in Pain

  War
      is about the God-Complex
      of World Leaders
      parading parodies
      of perfect justice
      the antithesis
      of the Christ
      who offers the other cheek
      the shirt off his back
      his own body put to death
      for Peace

  War
      is the killing
      of each others' children
      territorial assaults
      of one another’s rights
      the brilliance of human intelligence
      wasted on self-annihilation
      self against self cannibalism

  War
      is about the mistaken hand of God
      pruning the dead branches
      killing trust and spiritual oneness
      all acts of destruction
      against the human spirit
      and the God of Goodness

War begets War:
      anger's desire is for more anger
      greed demands itself multiplied
      revenge is thirsty for revenge collateral
      control lording it over control central
      craving attention and false-power
      the lust for glory
      lethal emotions of the grandiose seven
      and any of their offshoot siblings
      will inevitably kill the soul
      as well as the body
      as well as our planet
Destructive global dragnet        

There is no end
  to the insatiable appetite
  of the self-aggrandizing need for superiority
  the deadly darkness of human capacity
  outside the boundaries of Love's Will
  and declaring unashamedly:
As long as its my way
As long as mine win

  Peace begets Peace
  Forgiveness invites forgiveness
  Compassion is endless
The Love of God in Abundance
Source and Fountain
 
  We are called in our humanity
  to be like the Christ
  to have Peace
  and to pass it on
  this Truth. this Way. this Life.
Dare to live as I have
love reciprocal
from The Beholden

meet me in my eyes
God of wonder
promise surprise

meet me in my skin
fleshful pleasure
drawing beauty within

in the fullness
of all i can be
i meet you

meet me in my other
brother sister
father mother

meet me
tame me
fire of love insatiable

teach me
love reciprocal