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Overcome*Divide
Insecurity, divides individuals and the ground they live upon. Security lays claim that the false reality of borders and laws will protect them from others. The obsession is from the deception that fear offers those who feel secure in the mist of their denial. Property is trusting the denial which claims one is in control, when there is really nothing to control or that one can. Public policy is formed by males for the protection of females, and male insecurity does not desire to give up that control, thus females are suppressed at all cost. The arts have always been a productive place for male aggression, including architecture. Funding these avenues is usually low priority as the arts generally create peaceful activities and great architecture is not so easily destroyed in times of war as it makes the aggressor unpopular with the people he wishes to conquer and control.
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Thy Child
A Conversation
Thy child weeps, what is wrong, what shall we do?
Hug thy child, love thy child, kiss away the pain.
Thy child hungers, what shall we do?
Feed thy child, share your bread with thy child, teach thy child to reap.
Thy child misbehaves, what shall we do?
Show thy child how to live, what to do, their only asking for direction. A sign that say's "DON'T WALK", "DON'T RUN", don't do this, don't do that, gives no direction. One that say's "Walk this Way", we do it like this, isn't that a nicer way, shows a direction, points down the path.
Thy child has gone away, what shall we do?
Look upon thy child, you have weeped together, hungered together, reaped together, grown together, learned together, misbehaved together. You have shown thy child your path, thy child will follow his as you have followed yours. Thy child will point the way for your grandchildren.
Thy child remembers, what shall we do?
It is done.
©Bruce Larson*Moore
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Heal the divide with trust, truth, understanding, tolerance, peace and love.
BL*M