which side do you fight on today ?

and this battle between light and darkness
'tis an eternal one
fought on this earth over chessboard squares
of all shades of grey

we are all pawns
and pieces engaged in this battle
only sometimes waking up to find
we are on different sides of the line

some on the side of light
pose on the side of darkness
and some on the side of darkness
pose on the side of light

some unwittingly fight for the side they oppose
and provide darkness fortuitious advances
or light to gain the advantage

spirits when young yearn for the side of light
and fight for ideas which seem so right
but soon their victories ossify into institutions
only to create caverns for darkness to reside

spirits when tired and old try to preserve
a world full of chessboard squares of all manner of grey
or reason that there really is no final victory
and that reformers throughout history
all waste their time

but 'tis only an eternal battle on a universal scale
as momentarily
darkness envelopes light
and fleetingly
light stamps out the darkness

what of us pawns or pieces
actors on this greyish stage
what roles do we play

do you know
which side you fight on today ?

Paksanno

before this insanity

before there was a zion
before there was a christianity
and before there was an islam

before there was a jihad
before there was even a crusade
when the world was "unsaved"

before this inhuman obsession
with absolute righteous religion
and zealous holy retribution

before man invented god in his own image
built temples, synagogues, churches and mosques
just so he could save his worthless world

before each of the testaments
before the writing of the holy books
and before the fanatics of the word
commanded their armies to win the world
crush their enemies for the sake of their own god

before this insanity
before this madness of egoistic individuality

did the true god of the universe
grant man unbridled powers
to judge condemn and kill his brothers
or subjugate all those who do not share his view of god

in a raging cycle of never-ending battle
sweeping across centuries
and spanning the world
there will always be an old score
of nothing else but whose god is stronger to settle

but was there not a God
who sent us his prophets
and even a son
to remind us of the family
we once were ?

Paksanno