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Thoughts On Re-Raising The Village...

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We say it takes a village

to raise a child;

but our community has lost

the village character;

subsumed

in Western cultural tradition:

daring you

discipline yours or another,

 dooming Social Service

declaring you a child abuser.

 

Village trust has melted

into community suspicion

and greetings of peace and love

are seen as affronting

one’s personal space, and subject to:

“You don’t know me like that!”

 

No more are there “Rites of Passages”—

replaced by personal cells and flat screens;

and “what?” has become

a child’s most acceptable, popular response.

 

Nuff said!  We can’t raise the child

until we re-raise the village!

Being born by the river, I know change

is going to come: Peace and Love.   

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mrmelody7 says:

The big village is no more if one has a tight family may be the only village to protect learn and experience life from song is old but the song still true ball of confusion thats what the world is world needs Warriors such as yourself
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mlowe5 says:

So true, my Brother, so true. We still got a lot of work to do to bring back that extended family Village character we once had. Peace and Love, mlowe5
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mlowe5 says:

Yes, love_supreme. As said before, we got a lot more work to do. Thanks for the SNAPS. Peace and Love.

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