|
 Menu
|
|
|
|
|
Social
|
|
|
|
|
The Gladiator.
Contributed by
pete
on
Wednesday, 18th February 2004 @ 04:15:45 AM in AEST
Topic:
DarkPoetry
|
THE GLADIATOR(Peter Sprenkeler)
For the first time I sit and watch this epic tale,
An awesome movieof courage deception and hate.
Violence and bloodshed in almost every scene,
Action aplentyby modern standardspopular yes even great.
But it struck me not long after the viewing,
Nothing in humanity has really changed.
We continue to killcontinue to hate,
Only now we can do it on a scale almost deranged.
Instead of arrows and swordswe now have bombs,
Nuclear and biological weapons of awesome power.
Where hundreds were killed in a day in the times of the Gladiator,
We can kill a hundred thousand in less than an hour.
Our technology is frighteningwe can destroy the world,
Modern hi-tech barbarians in every sense.
And it is the same old hate and bigotry and unforgiveness,
We are still guiltyof this fact there is no defence.
So as I consider the movieI find it so curious,
I enjoyed itbut violence I will always detest.
It sits uneasy on my minda bitter sweet phenomenon,
My soul wrestleswith the humanity with which I am blessed.
Or do I have like everyonehave a darker side?
A peace advocateyet with a fascination with violence and death?
Am I a hypocrite?my emotions grapple with the realization,
I am humancapable of anythingit takes away my breath.
Copyright ©
pete
... [
2004-02-18 04:15:45]
(Date/Time posted on
site)
Advertisments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more
|
|
All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry
Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any
comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please
contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title
etc.
|
|
|
Re: The Gladiator.
(User Rating: 1 )
by lil_angel on
Saturday, 24th April 2004 @ 03:26:28 AM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
| Sooo true! But really well done! |
|
|
|
· 
Poetry
Site Help
Members
Areas
Reference
Search
Top
Others
