End of War

Raymond Walden, Avignon - France, 2019

The eighth of May 1945:

War was over, so we are told,

but was it?

It was the year I did arrive,

soon I'll be 75

and, of course, I've considered it

all my life growing old.

Did you ever hear of a peace treaty, about its signing?

Can you mark one year after without war?

Proxy wars are stirred up by former victors till now, very undermining

and tormenting the world at many places as ever before.

Though I was born into this ruined Germany,

had to flee later from East to West,

where I experienced freedom and Human Rights' philosophy,

I've lived, for sure, in a democracy – one of its best!

So I feel grateful to all people in the world, where so ever,

who struggle for liberty, honesty and emancipation.

I would support no discrimination and warmongering, never!

I stand up for true humanity, solidarity and education.

But I recognize democracy worldwide is dying,

money, nationalism, weapons and violence are ruling instead,

preachers and ideologists are denying

what is going on in a real peace-loving head.

I feel free to honor all heroes of consequent liberty

and dedicate to them all – famous and unknown ones – 
my document of peace and dignity

by this Blog of Cosmonomic Philosophy.

May enlightenment improve

and prevent war by wisdom and empathy.

Where, otherwise, would we move

in this present pandemic agony?