Stop War Celebrate Peace!

Protesting war can get you hurt these days
if done in public places where police can come.
With Big Media part of the war machine
nonviolent protesters are called terrorists these days.

Let us pause and find another way.
One thought that comes to mind
let’s protest in ball stadiums and gather there
those big stadiums with sound, uplinks and lights
are seldom used and are just right
to gather together to make a plan
with the local community there in the stands.

We’ll use teamwork and our own nonviolent security
harmony through nonviolent conflict
we’ll learn how to replace those who would war.
With poetry, dance and making music
broadcast to others across the land
so they can also learn how to lend a hand.

Into bull pens without cows
to speak of the need to speak out loud
to question and find the meanings of words
that have been twisted to mean the Empire’s fair.

We’ll look at the screen to see the score
just what it means to get cheap shoes, cheap gas and more
how it’s killing us and way too fast
called Free Trade but costly and unjust
it can be changed but it must be us.

We’ll huddle to assemble our crews
to implement change and understand the rules
that comes to be in a bush league world
where an eye for an eye breaks all rules.

Let’s come together to figure a new play
a way to do it because as you can see
the bush league season destroyed democracy.
A future with wars is the end of all games
as baseball would end in the US of A.

It could get worse so to save the game
that made America great with ballparks to play
let’s gather together to figure it out
learn some lessons of what it’s all about.

Then on through the season with permits and such
we can gather together without getting hurt
by police who make war with gas and clubs
on war protestors who gather to say
we have to stop war and find another way.

© Copyright Theresa Marie K. Gandhi February 23, 2008
www.tmgandhi.com www.tmgandhi.blogspot.com

We could start at our local school, farmers market or fair grounds. These could be recorded and posted online. Later as it took off we could look at getting major funding and hire a Big Sports Arena.