Is it? - Sean McGrady

Is It?

Is it the pen that is mightier than the sword?

For words written may be more powerful than a bullet to one person.

It can wound, maybe kill many.

For words can be more destructive than a bomb to one town.

Words written can destroy; sometimes decimate whole cities.

Or maybe, it is the person who holds the pen, the person who holds the sword who can wound and destroy.

Is it the voice that’s speaks for many, or quells?

For it is the voice that can support society or it can bring the society to its knees.

It can wound, maybe kill many.

For one voice can alter the minds of many.

It can bend; sometimes warp the minds of others.

Or maybe, it is the voice that has been warped, who thirsts for others to understand their chaotic mind.

Is it Earth that is our home, or our hell?

For nature has been taken for granted, but Mother Nature has taken life for granted.

She can wound, maybe kill many.

For Gaia can affect more than one culture.

She can drown; sometimes scorch lands.

Or maybe it is man that has scarred these wastelands with eternal aridity

Is it man that helps us survive, or helps us to die?

For us parasites have fed off time, greedily devoured civilization after civilization.

We can wound, easily kill many.

We can crush the life of many, human and animal.

We can suffocate; sometimes murder notions and culture.

Or maybe.

Maybe not.

Sean McGrady