IF I HAD THE CHARMS blogged mar 14, 2022
H. W. Bryce
If I had the charms,
I would tame all the wild bees,
If I had the charms,
I would heal the ache in broken hearts
If I had the charms,
I would teach all bullies gentler ways
If I had the charms,
I would bring peace unto the world.
I would charm the dictators of the world,
I would teach them better ways, I would
Take the bully out of them and teach them
That respect and dignity that we all crave
And deserve, and I would talk them out of
Their armaments of war and teach them how
To shake hands sincerely and that their hand
Shake is their bond and that their fellowmen
Are indeed their fellows, not targets.
If I had the charms.
Meanwhile, I lament that hard people
Use their charms to seduce other people
Into doing bad things, like making young
Boys become armed soldiers to fight for
Domination of their people; like seducing
Young people to seek euphoria in using
Artificial drugs, into an artificial stupor
Of delusions and desperations; like
Charming young girls to have sex and
Accept money and keep, and yes, even abuse
As a way of life, out of which there is no exit.
I lament the use of charms to offer lifts
In their vehicles for young women hitch-
Hiking north to take a job, or on their way
To a better life, then charming them into
A “relationship,” which they end with
Strangulation, not of choking them with love,
But with hard-core beatings, anger, rage,
Revenge or whatever twisted excuse that
They use as reasons to resolve the hate
In their hearts.
I I had had the charms, I would have
Stopped those priests and nuns and
Collaborators who stole the Indian
Children and drilled them with white
Propaganda with canes and belts and
Hard core rape and stole their lives
From them in humiliation and shame.
If I had such powerful charms,
I would convert these monsters’
Mysogenies and twisted thinking,
Their misgivings and self loathing
Into honesty, remorse, and dignity,
For I lament that the force and power
Of their abilities are not applied to
The betterment of their fellow men
And women…
When I think what they could and
Should be offering to society
If I had such powerful charms,
I would work them for the good.
If I had such powerful charms,
I would…I would rescue all of those
Taken girls and women,
And I would mend them,
And I would bless them,
And I would show them real love,
Teach them all self respect and dignity,
And how to make a decent, worthy
Life, with hope and aspirations and
Possibilities.
Oh, God, If I Had The Charms!
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