528 Words on Stardust
Stardust
Made the world
After the Big Bang
The universe was
A melting pot of
Quarks and gluons
People say
"No, God created everything"
"Chaos was the beginning of all"
etc.
So?
I don't care at all if they say I'm wrong
I won't say they're wrong
Maybe they're right?
We can all have our own beliefs
No one says we can't believe
That Prometheus gave us fire
Instead of lightning striking a tree
And Nu Wa created humans
Instead of evolution
It really doesn't matter
I don't understand why
A petty argument like this
Can destroy lives
Kill minds
Break hearts
Hurt innocent souls
It really doesn't make sense, does it?
How me being Atheist
And you being Christian
Can bring our world into turmoil
Atheists don't have to hate religion
Christians and Protestants are not natural enemies
Buddhists and Daoists can be best friends
Religion doesn't make you who you are
Stardust
Is in outer space
"We must be
The first to reach there
Destroy the Russians
Destroy the Chinese
Destroy the English
We must be the first"
What is the point?
All will benefit all
Technology and science
Can be our strong point
But the barrel
Can hold as much as
Its shortest length
Stereotypes
Are stereotypically insulting
Stereotypically untrue
Stereotypically biased
But so what?
Maybe
Russians do have long noses
Chinese are bad drivers
Americans do eat a lot
And maybe
The Italian do like to sleep
But that doesn't really matter, doesn't it?
Nationality
Or ethnicity
Doesn't make who we are
500 words
Are a lot to write
About religion
And politics
But who says
That they have to define us?
Who says
That we can't be friends?
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In a natural poem
My words flow
But eventually
They fall into holes
And I have to drag them out
Or they'll turn into
Stardust
And then the whole cycle
Of friends, wars
Love, belief
Enemies, bias
Will start again
Maybe it'll be better
If there was no religion?
If there was one religion?
If there was a central government for the world?
If no one stood up?
If everyone was the same?
Maybe dystopian novels
Have it right
Maybe we should divide
Everyone into factions
Or leech color out of the world
And have nothing that we had in the beginning
But everything we have in the end?
I think that
We should continue living
Band together to survive
Share tears and fears with friends
Find another way of living
Give this world a final chance
I don't want to dream forever
Of a time when nothing barred our way to friends
To alliances, love, marriage, equality
Understanding and forgiving
If you can't understand, try to understand
Don't ever kick something away because you don't get it
On the way to discovery
Many inventions are born
You have to listen
Listen closely, listen carefully
Then you will understand
And by understanding
You'll know what it's like
To be Christian
To be a Democrat
To be Communist
To be Australian
To speak French
To be gay
And when we understand
There's acceptance
And when there's acceptance
There's friendship
And when there's friendship
There's peace.