How Many Heroes Need To Die Poem by MELVIN BANGGOLLAY

HOW MANY HEROES NEED TO DIE
Melvin Banggollay


This world we lived from God's bounty
Cradled endless war due to apathy,
Religious difference, political mediocrity,
tyranny of powerful nations against humanity
that inspired birth of many heroes of history
who suffered and died in their desire to see
peace to reign among men with harmony.

Yet, in solitude, we can see vividly
that war is everywhere in our world today
As clashes of cultural and religious apathy
triggered holy war as other claimed to be
that until now there is a treat to sovereinthy
of some nation due to political hypocrisy
Like in my own nation that I served loyally
its government is tormented with controversy
of corruption putting street heroes today
though some joined to earn some money.

In the global world, terrorism growing wildly
as we can see nations being bomb today
like the World trade center killing humanity
the latest pink city massacre so truly scary.

Ahhhh my mind can't really understand
why there are people who can withstand
the call of mercy before they kill someone
before they detonate bombs by their hand
inhumanely taking the breath of any man.

How many heroes will die before they can see
that no war can give any nation prosperity
when their is no peace and brotherhood's fury
to keep one truly respecting each other's glory
and the rights of every men with pride and dignity
that must be protected against one's animality.

We don't really need even a hundred to die
or a thousand more to offer their own lives
only for men to understand and truly realized
that war in any form is an act of foolishness
much more when it is founded on an ideology
going against moral teaching of God's glory
or Allah's great teaching of blessed humanity.

Sad to say that some use their beliefs improperly
and the teaching of the Bible or Koran today
Which why their are so many fanatics who can say
that if they kill with their bombs blessed are they
but not knowing they sold their soul to satan's fury.


To keep this world safe to live and die
Simply we don't need a life to be spared
or be sacrificed only to make us realize
for we only need to respect, love and care
each other's freedom, right and dignity
as residents of this world with equality,
kindness and honor of one's sovereignty.