4 Apr 11 Poem - Two Wrongs

The impetus for today's poem came from a publication called The Sun, two stories specifically from the April 2011 issue - okay, one interview - Fighting with Another Purpose, Veteran Paul Chappell on the Need to End War by Leslee Goodman (page 4) and one story - Two Wrongs by Sybil Smith (page 16). These writings, coupled with the fact we are fighting on at least three fronts and cannot even pass a Federal budget this year (or at least that's the way it appears), brought this forth out of my psyche:

Two Wrongs

Two wrongs don’t make a right

Two wrongs make three wrongs

Three wrongs make four

Two wrongs make a war

Outrage turns to anger

Anger acts against another

Second wrong

Act born of ignorance,

Arrogance or greed

First wrong

First seek to understand

The one you call enemy

Instead call him family

First we are all human beings

Second turn outrage

Instead of anger

To peace

Second come from a place of love

Third seek to help

Those in need

Instead of feeding greed

Third love thy neighbor as thyself

Fourth have enough

Enough fills the need

Filled need harbors no greed

Fourth enough is…enough