back to 1967, when it all began; controversial
It took the world by storm
and was established to remain,
that love explosion of psychedelia,
fantasy and imagination,
a necessary cultural a-bomb
but completely pacifistic,
nothing could have been more efficient
as a means to put an end to all wars,
that hippie explosion of colours and beauty,
fashion freedom with long hair and fancy clothes,
accompanied by the drug revolution,
when it was discovered that cannabis and LSD
had profound positive effects on creativity.
The only backfire was the political one,
when all positive drugs were criminalized
from sheer prejudice and superstition –
authorities became alarmed
by the overwhelming following
of this dynamic movement
and from fear tried to suppress it
by demonizing even healing drugs
and launching a world wide political persecution,
destroying lives of youngsters for nothing
by absurd prison sentences;
but we are all still here,
the creative people of beauty,
and we have learned to use healing drugs quite openly
no more afraid of the stupidity of authorities,
since we know that enlightenment will prevail
and overcome the universal political madness
of paranoic fear of anything that is good.
Poetry by Laila Roth
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Written on 2010-06-06 at 10:17
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The summer of love that never ended...
It took the world by storm
and was established to remain,
that love explosion of psychedelia,
fantasy and imagination,
a necessary cultural a-bomb
but completely pacifistic,
nothing could have been more efficient
as a means to put an end to all wars,
that hippie explosion of colours and beauty,
fashion freedom with long hair and fancy clothes,
accompanied by the drug revolution,
when it was discovered that cannabis and LSD
had profound positive effects on creativity.
The only backfire was the political one,
when all positive drugs were criminalized
from sheer prejudice and superstition –
authorities became alarmed
by the overwhelming following
of this dynamic movement
and from fear tried to suppress it
by demonizing even healing drugs
and launching a world wide political persecution,
destroying lives of youngsters for nothing
by absurd prison sentences;
but we are all still here,
the creative people of beauty,
and we have learned to use healing drugs quite openly
no more afraid of the stupidity of authorities,
since we know that enlightenment will prevail
and overcome the universal political madness
of paranoic fear of anything that is good.
Poetry by Laila Roth
Read 708 times
Written on 2010-06-06 at 10:17
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