Just meat and tales of kisses

Quotes from Jack London book "When God laughs"

"Well, I have. He was like this beefsteak. You an' me is eatin'. It was once steer cavortin' over the landscape. But now it's just meat. That's all, just meat. An' that's what you an' me an' all people come to-meat."
                                     Jack London

He gathered her into his arms and kissed her. "I wish it were the custom," she said in a faint voice, from the midst of the embrace, "because then I'd have to marry you, Ned... dear...wouldn't I?"
                                   Jack London


                                Just meat and tales of kisses

Civil men are few.
True leader stand for the right things.
Will not accept self-gain and profit.
Bought men are crooks  with fake smiles.
Liars and thieves will pay for their action in hell.

Silence, calm and peace should be the night for all children.
No child should know the sound of war.  The fear of surviving the night and to live
in the violence of war always near.

Old men told me. The soldiers are just meat for the profit of war. Dead on dead. The
wars will never end. We are just meat for the hatred of man.

Soldiers who instruct the new soldiers have great responsibility. They are training soldiers
how to fight and survive in combat. I saw the old NCO(non-commission officers) who felt
the pain of losing soldiers to war. A instructor teaches every soldier to be a leader. He must
teach the young men and woman the lessons of war, death and misery before it is real.

Pretty girl hold and kisses her departing Soldier. She whispered this kiss is a promise. A promise
of more. Please come home to me.

One last fight. A man won't rest till he had nothing left.
No sweeter word than home.
Nothing as beautiful and wonderful as woman with open arms.
Welcoming you back from hell to heaven with one sweet kiss.

Is all life just meat?
I do know kisses are promises.
When rich men in Washington D.C send young men to police a world who do not
desire our help. Maybe Jack London told us the truth. Men are just meat for the profit
of war and life?


                          Coyote

Author's Note

Just words. I hope you enjoy.

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

I enjoyed the way the Jack London quotes inspired your poem. It would be such a lovely world if children could be spared the vagaries of war....if peace were to reign all over our world. It’s true though...there are those who profit from wars and that is why we will always have them. The pretty young girl prays her soldier boyfriend will return, but he might not and she will have to deal with the emotional pain of losing him probably for the rest of her life. If the soldier knows she is waiting for him, though, he will try to make it home. No, nothing sweeter, you are right. To come home to welcoming arms and kisses. To know you have been missed and you are wanted. Is all life just meat? Certainly something to ponder, my friend....and you have said it all so well. Lydi**

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you Lydia. Jack London book gave me some positive motivation for writing today.

[Lyn Anderson]

This is beautiful. Profound. Drawing the parallels, interweaving London's words with your own. It gave me goosebumps. Just words. :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. Jack London and Dryden had made me think. I'm reading the ancient writers now. It is funny. 500 years in the past and few things had changed.