Viva La Palestine

A thought provoking poem by Dennis Siluk Ed. D. an expert author with ezinearticles.com

 To the positive warlords
I
How have you fed your people upon lies,
And cried "Peace! Peace! And knew it would not die!
For now the iron demon takes to the sky,
And in your new-found city and lands,
Vigilant and fierce a deadly dragon flies.
Twenty-thousand cannons echo your ruling,
To whose philosophical exhortation to you bend your knees
And lift unto the Lord of evil your eyes?
This is Hell's work: lower you hands from heaven
Lest those hands melt, from holding up the sword!
There stands another blood stained alter,
At your bowing, there stand the infernal seraphim
Give unto Satan, your conspiring secrets,
For the blood of nations, flow by your mandated credo.
II
Be yours the doom Palestine's voice foretold
As unto Babylon, O ye has cursed the Lord,
Cast the evil sword, its shadow upon you own kind
And for whose pride a million souls grow cold!
You shall reap what you have planted, and hold!
You have murdered and claimed God's permission,
And at your judgments, desolation stands;
For in your hearts, minds and souls, God has left them grow cold.
Your soldier's parish and your civilians drown;
You are the vulture, and the fist, beating on the weak.
It is ye, whose words have sickened the clouds,
Infected the rivers and the people's hearts:
Your prayers mislead, nor give good will:
Hide on the brow of the murder-Satan, or Cain.
III
Lift not your voices to the gentle God:
Your god is of shambles! Let your nation
Moan, they shall be your sacrifice to your king and deity:
Bel and Moloch, who offer fire and death,
A world in which ye preferred, with lies;
Learn now from horror and truth,
What God has tried to teach you

four of i don't know how many

I've been sharing these songs for quite a while and I have no clue for how long I'd be continuing with this. However, off late I figured out that I've been sharing these songs in sets of three and they were themed upon one aspect or another and mind you it wasn't deliberate. Anyways, here's another set of three and even this set has been discussed spontaneously, wonder if there's a theme in this too.


1. How to save a life by The Fray

As he begins to raise his  voice -You lower yours and grant him one last choice

Drive until you lose the road - Or break with the ones you've followed

He will do one of two things - He will admit to everything

Or he'll say he's just not the same - And you'll begin to wonder why you came

This song is a journey of perhaps two friends attempting to come closer to each other after a disruption of some sort. Unfortunately the distance between them eventually grows by time. One of them narrates his side of the story and recollects if there were any of his mistakes. In this process we are taken through some very important aspects of human behavior. The above lines describe the will to standby on someone's side even after the last thread in the rope breaks. 

2. Rehne de by Lucky Ali

जो भी सोंचा हो सही, ये ज़रूरी तो नहीं

रह भी जाए कुच्छ कमी, तो समझाऊं बताऊँ किसी से - अब रहने दे 

कह दे तो कह दे, चुप तो चुप रहे

बदले तो बदले, क्या अब हम कहें - रहने दे 

सहले तोह सहले ना भी कह सके - रहने दे

 This melodious track talks about betrayal from someone very close and once dependable. It subtly hints on the universal fact that the truth is ugly. This song is about moving on and looking at the brighter side of life upon betrayal. This betrayal need not necessarily be of the romantic kind, it could very well be between friends or siblings. The bottom line is to move on and apply what I call 'the take it easy policy' to it. Just turn a blind eye to it and you'll be happy. Do not reciprocate!

3. Carnival of rust by Poets of the Fall

It's all a game, avoiding failure, when true colors will bleed

All in the name of misbehavior and the things we don't need

I lust for after no disaster can touch, touch us anymore. And more than ever,

I hope to never fall,where enough is not the same it 

was before

With a very dark back drop, this song deals with a fossilized subject in a very mature manner. It's all about the undying the hope, to get closer to the loved one and the fear of getting perished if taken away. It's about expectation that the ones you're counting on will not walk away when you need them 'the' most or as it says when your world is burning.

Inflatable & discreet helmet : Hail mate or hell mate. What's your say?

                Are you one of may of those who are reluctant to wear a helmet while riding despite aware of the risks involved? There's this chic option now available which will allow the speed to thrill and perhaps would minimise the kill. Especially, if you belong to Venus and have a lot of hair to care, this novel helmet may be too hard to resist once it is made available.

              All the models in the photos you are seeing are each wearing this helmet. You may observe a ridge around their necks. The same 'in style' looking collar is the helmet we are talking about. But, how exactly does this work?

             Here's how it is : This cycling collar being termed as 'Hovding' is worn around the collar and works pretty much like an airbag in an automotive. The sensors in this device get activated once a crash is determined and inflate the collar around the head to form a helmet pretty much as how we see in the photograph above.

               This unusual device is said to be designed by recreating hundreds of accidents using crash test dummies and real riders. Powered by a re-chargeable battery this airbag  stays inflated for several seconds after the crash.

  

So what's your say? I feel it's worth giving a try.

Palestinian film-festival in Hyderabad

Whenever we or atleast I, hear the words Gaza or Palestine or Hamas all that my active neurons make my brain think is about the plight of Palestinians and the unlawful, inhuman policies of Israel. However, let me not go in to all that. I am so very joyful 'cos the people of Hyderabad are in for an unusual artistic treat for a whole three days. The 3-day film festival as you can see from the poster showcases multiple films for and by Palestinians.

I believe this is a rare opportunity for me and fellow Hyderabadis as we do not normally download or get to see such movies. My submission to you is to move away for a short little while from the cliched Holly and Bollywood flicks and relish and appreciate the works of the people who didn't let their political and societal restrictions inhibiti their artistic brilliance.

Let's appreciate these splendid movies and leave home with a reality check and let's allow our rational minds to ponder if everything is really alright in this beautiful world that we all are breathing in!