Middle Eastern Man

 

I was a soldier once,

Then a communicator,

They say you’re a soldier first and foremost,

Before reaching for the radio,

Yet, before all this,

There was a history that started a long time ago,

 

I was a Human Being once,

Then a Christian yet I add,

I was always a Human Being

Before the being of Christian,

And yes, it started a long time ago.

 

We are each born individually,

We are each brought into the world

As delicately as possible,

And most go to the afterlife

On their own too,

Nevertheless, along the way

We pick up messages from

Those keen to communicate

Their teachings,

And for the most,

There are many things valid

That helps us live,

But religion,

Religion divides peoples,

Nations – countries and creed,

So much so,

That man bleeds his life away.

 

Part 2

 

I was always a Human Being

First and foremost,

And I look to the Middle Eastern man

And I do not see a religion,

I see a human being like many in the West,

Having been indoctrinated as soon as

He could learn to read,

I see a human being the world

Is worth sharing with,

I never see religion,

And dare I say it,

I have always seen the human being

Before God or Allah!

 

We all grow,

We all are told fables

And histories before our time,

But time is evolving,

Forming new places to go

New places to see and wonder,

And it is evolving human beings too,

My hope,

Is that soon this war

Will be over,

But,

We need to let go

Of that which in the past

Has held us back,

The Middle Eastern man,

Like us, keeps many thoughts private,

But what he cannot do,

Like us all,

Is hide the fact that like us,

We who sometimes become the grandiose;

He is a human being first and foremost,

With the same compassion and logic

As we all have,

That knows the killing of each other,

Is wrong.

 

Michael J Waite 22^nd March 2013.