by Donald B. Jeffries

September 1969

Part I: The Student-Scholars

It was a quiet and listless day

the student-scholars moved to and fro

with no special idea in mind

except the fulfillment of the longing

for more excitement and happiness

in a life that existed without hate,

A life that could not be

for the legions of Rome and Carthage

had shown that life is but one,

a long path of misery and shame,

of victories and more obvious defeats

in which man gained nothing,

But more to reality lost the essence

of life in which love played strongly,

in which all men gather for feasting

and celebrate the overthrow of Death,

and the eventual crowing of Peace.

Bt a life such as this was one

that was hard to come by or obtain

When all mankind was shameful

of their deeds and foul actions

That had corroded the earth

and had even left the heavens

in a state which could not be left,

For man the killer cannot live

beside man the peaceful one,

And man the fool cannot

coexist beside man the wise

And men realize that the fulfillment

of their Dream can only come

When all men lay down their arms

and speak to one another in tones that

befit peaceful and kind beings

Who wish war to end

and who pray for the eventual

crowning of the Kingdom of Peace.

As the student-scholars dream

of such a world, they only

hope for the best and cry to the heavens

for help, but receive none

Because only they can rise to the Cause,

only they can begin the Great Revolution

when all mankind shall stand up for themselves

and rejoice, for they are the ones

who shall experience

The crowning of the Universe

when the Kingdom of Good

and the universal ones

shall unite in the coronation

of the Kingdom of Peace.

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