Poem: Causes of War

Poem

Title: Causes of War

War happens,

When the beautiful meets the one who is more 

beautiful,

When the arrogant meets the one who is more 

arrogant,

When the rich meets the one who is wealthier,

When the greedy meets the one who is greedier,

When the extreme meets the one who is more 

extreme,

When the intelligent meets the one who is more 

intelligent,

When the selfish meets the one who is more 

selfish,

When the brutal meets the one who is more brutal,

When the perfectionist meets the one who is more 

perfectionist,

When the religious meets the one who is more 

religious,

When the courageous meets the one who is more 

courageous,

When the dominant meets the one who is more 

dominant,

When the ignorant meets the one who is more 

ignorant,

When the smart meets the one who is smarter,

When the stingy meets the one who is stingier,

When the forgotten meets the one has  always been

 forgotten,

When the tyranny meets the one who is a pharaoh,

When the stubborn meets the one who is more 

stubborn,

When the marginalized meets the one who is more 

marginalized,

When the injured meets the one who is beheaded,

When the broken meets the one who is shattered,

When the crying meets the one who is weeping,

When the darkness meets the one is straight from 

hell.

Peace can only be obtained,

If we learn to consider others as our friendly 

competitors

In order to improve ourselves,

Instead of viewing others,

As a threat,

As our real enemy is buried deep in ourselves.

 Originally written by: Mani ak Jack

22^nd/11/2012