“You are only a man” he heard as cheers, flower petals and
glory rained down upon him making his triumphal march into the city. “You are
only a man” he heard returning from another victory. I have martialed the death
of thousands, gave earth her share of blood drink. “Yes I am only a man.”
© M Durfee
8/23/13
55 words of the entirety of human history compiled for G-man.
Of course other mass killers have found wider adoration than a Roman General, same
story though just written in larger graveyards.
only a man...only the most destructive force on the planet...scary....we are jiving again a bit...wrote a piece for this weekend last night with some similar tones...
ReplyDeleteMaybe not the most destructive in the short term, nature's fury is proving it has a blood lust in return for ours but in the overall yes, we are reaping what we have sown and only the innocent rack up the great numbers IN the graves.
DeleteIf only we can remember during our times of madness & greed ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday Mark ~
Grace
Grace is there any time when the collective is not consumed by such?
DeleteAh. What one man can do.
ReplyDeleteSuddenly, I'm sad.
Pearl
Me too Pearl. Me too.
DeleteIt's not hard to see how we take "a man" and make him feel like a God. You packed a punch in this 55, Mark.
ReplyDeleteHasn't time for man always been about Royalty, power and rock star status Talon?
DeleteA man, or a woman, can be a pretty nasty thing to be.
ReplyDeleteWe are all animals in a jungle of one kind or another Charles.
DeleteSplendid irony. But this too shall pass, and other such true maxims.........Aloha,
ReplyDeleteBro-ha
It will pass in the final passing away of man from the planet Cloudia.
DeleteBut it's so hard to not be a man when they keep throwing flowers at you.
ReplyDelete...and a man is better than a flower because...? Alice.
DeleteSome men make all the difference!
ReplyDelete(If surrounded by a good woman)
Loved your Veni Vedi Vinci 55
You are the best!
Thanks for your great support, and have a Kick Ass Week-End
Galen them that truly made a difference were murdered. Look to our generation name me one that was not.
Delete... and many of the truly great never get recognized - they just do what needs to be done.
ReplyDeleteToo bad that we humans manage to mess everything up. We build and then tear down. We create peaceful places and then go to war to destroy the peace. Tired of it all.
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