I Offer A White Rose. (Revised).

I offer a white rose
For the children who have died
By bullets
By knives
By rockets and bombs
By the thoughtless actions
The casual decrees
Of self regarding
Power loving
Petty minded
Semi literate politicians

I offer a white rose
For the children without shelter
Who sleep in subways
In cardboard boxes
On spiked park benches
And are killed by the stupid thoughtless actions
The inhumane decrees
Of self regarding
Power grasping
Petty minded
Pseudo religious politicians

I offer a white rose
For the children who stand firm
And march in battalions
Without knives
Without pistols
Without bombs
Without mortars
Without fear of condemnation
Against the thoughtless inhumane stupid decrees
Of the self serving
Power adoring
Lazy minded
Lying politicians
Who line their stomachs with dainty caviare
And let infants die of want

I offer this single white rose
For all who stand fearless for truth
For innocence
For justice
For knowledge
For wisdom
Against the might of those ignorant self servers
Who think they are powerful
Who think they are just
But have nothing to offer but spite

I offer an unsullied white rose
That bloomed on a crown of thorns

Trevor John Karsavin Potter
March 10th. 2019.
Note. An unsullied White Rose as an emblem of innocence and non violent resistance.