Marlene Ann Soifer

War

All of us have a gift, why waste yourself
on jealousy, jealousy breeds insanity:
All the young grab for love:
Love everyone, every human being:
"They know right from wrong"; "they know fear";
"they know doubt", so why waste a minute
"love now". Young. "Love now", why fight.

You fight for your right not to be walked over and take
what belongs to you:

"Wars", start that way "don't they": hate is insanity:
don't you see: so the young, don't wait.


Slavery

Aren't we all slaves to some extent? Working on missions within:
Don't we all feel compelled to stay steadfast to something we hold a necessary task? No matter which way you turn: we are all slaves to ourselves for reasons beyond compare:

{Poetry by Marlene Ann Soifer}