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Society The textbook definition
of globalization is
pursing strategies that
lead to worldly unification.
But it seems we use
war and concrete walls
to drive us further apart.
We instill fear in foreigners
by wielding our weapons;
we barricade our barriers
from accepting immigrants.
We are not moving closer
to an alliance of all races
and all nationalities.
We have just found new
ethnicities on which
to release our
stereotyped prejudices.
We have no open door policy;
there are electric fences
along our country lines.
We execute by
aiming our guns
at these outsiders’ backs
and firing bigotry.
Is fear controlling
our defensiveness,
yet we call it security?
Or is our true motivation
the pursuit of power?
Do we just endeavor
to rule the whole world?
Why can’t worldwide peace
drive our decisions?
Must we murder our fellow man?
Perhaps we are
afraid they will discover
our weaknesses
and bring about our downfall.
But we do not survive
because we are the fittest;
we dictate by tyranny.
We prosper because
we force the world
to scream in terror
when we near their borders.
They panic only because
they’ve seen what
the hand of war does.
They’ve seen
the mushroom clouds,
they’ve seen what happens
when anxiety explodes.
They hate us because
we believe we can
capture the world by force.
We cannot use the penalty
of death to take over the globe
because by the end there will be
no one left to govern.
Do not forget those societies
who command by manipulation
are the first to collapse.
Rewrite 2012
The textbook definition
of globalization is
pursing strategies that
lead to worldly unification.
But it seems we use
war and concrete walls
to drive us further apart.
We instill fear in foreigners
by wielding our weapons;
we erect barriers
to reject immigrants.
We are not moving closer
to an alliance of all races
and all nationalities.
We have just found new
ethnicities on which
to release our
stereotyped prejudices.
We have no open door policy;
there are electric fences
along our country lines.
We execute by
aiming our guns
at these outsiders’ backs
and firing bigotry.
Is fear controlling
our defensiveness,
yet we call it security?
Or is our true motivation
the pursuit of power?
Do we just endeavor
to rule the whole world?
Why can’t worldwide peace
drive our decisions?
Must we murder our fellow man?
Perhaps we are
afraid they will discover
our weaknesses
and bring about our downfall.
But we do not survive
because we are the fittest;
we dictate by tyranny.
We prosper because
we force the world
to scream in terror
when we near their borders.
They panic only because
they’ve seen what
the hand of war does.
They’ve seen
the mushroom clouds,
they’ve seen what happens
when disorder explodes.
They hate us because
we believe we can
conquer the world by force.
We cannot use the penalty
of death to take over the globe
because by the end
there will be no one left to govern.
We forget those societies
who lead by manipulation
are the first to collapse.
thanks for the inspirtion of my though about the strange globalization and what you expressed is the true story hidden in my poem... you did really a great poem and I may keep this with me on my record and it will make you remember to me for the last breath i do... you are really very realistic and I am proud of your friendship and we both try to make the world realise about the facts... thank you dear friend jessica, the great and cute princess like junior one...respect you
I completely agree with what you say here..excellent write!