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Array ( [sid] => 62296 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Our Duty [time] => 2004-09-02 13:22:53 [hometext] => Please comment... [bodytext] => What kind of world is it today
When love for our country
Is tearing us apart
When love for our country
Is taking our freedoms
When love for our country
Is killing our children

So much wrong with the world today
So much can be done
The states need to help those in need
And stop hurting the ones who bleed

Differences between our nations
Are not as great as it seems
We are all hungry
And need to breathe

Countries with growing poverty and hunger
Need our help more than ever
Spend money not on oil
Not on weapons to kill
Spend the money on food
Spend the money to cure cancer
Spend the money to cure aids

We can do this
All we need is to help
Cure the hatred
Instead of pleasing our greed [comments] => 3 [counter] => 167 [topic] => 25 [informant] => garyh [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 9 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => MiscPoems )

Our Duty

Contributed by garyh on Thursday, 2nd September 2004 @ 01:22:53 PM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

What kind of world is it today
When love for our country
Is tearing us apart
When love for our country
Is taking our freedoms
When love for our country
Is killing our children

So much wrong with the world today
So much can be done
The states need to help those in need
And stop hurting the ones who bleed

Differences between our nations
Are not as great as it seems
We are all hungry
And need to breathe

Countries with growing poverty and hunger
Need our help more than ever
Spend money not on oil
Not on weapons to kill
Spend the money on food
Spend the money to cure cancer
Spend the money to cure aids

We can do this
All we need is to help
Cure the hatred
Instead of pleasing our greed

Copyright © garyh ... [ 2004-09-02 13:22:53]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Our Duty (User Rating: 1 )
by jeans on Thursday, 2nd September 2004 @ 01:45:19 PM AEST
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it's good

Re: Our Duty (User Rating: 1 )
by a_bear on Thursday, 2nd September 2004 @ 02:20:06 PM AEST
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greed is something that will never be conquered..I love the thought and the poem though and I am a pessimest. :-((

Re: Our Duty (User Rating: 1 )
by CarlyGirl on Tuesday, 18th January 2005 @ 08:26:28 AM AEST
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I love what you wrote its all so true why is that we spend millions and millions of dollars on war and killing what happened to thou shall not kill and if they want to fight a war I say give them sticks and stones. keep up the good work.

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