“All religions, in their pure form, will tell you God is Love. And power, fear, division, judgment, oppression, hatred and self-righteousness are the opposite of Love. So going to war, for example, in the name of religion, is a complete contradiction. No pure religious leader would ever support this.” LoveInspirationInspirational QuotesReligionFearJudgmentHatredOppressionJudgementContradictionDivisionInspirational LoveReligious FaithInspirational LivingSelf RighteousnessReligion And PhilosophyReligious ToleranceReligious LeadersThe TruthInspirational ReligiousReligion And WarReligious QuotesThe Truth Will Set You FreeReligious HypocrisyThe Truth IsAd InfinitumAdThe Truth Ad InfinitumLove And PeaceLove And PowerInfinitumReligious ContradictionReligious ControversyReligious LeadershipThe Truth Inspiration Author:The Truth AD Infinitum
“The Peacock & The Eagle: Cleopatra's Entry Into Tarsus by Stewart Stafford Cleopatra arrives, regal and mighty, From ocean spray as Aphrodite, Wealthy and waif, yearning for her, Dared all to defy her possessive aura. Mark Antony, struck by her sultry gaze, Lepidus, prisoner in a bureaucrat's maze, Sees power slipping from a friend’s hand, Ensnared by a siren from a scorched land. Lepidus was Caesar's trusted right hand; A granule falling through hourglass sand, Antony, headstrong military provocateur; Funeral orator from bloody crown auteur. Bargain's scorpion pincers; no longer twain: Cleopatra was Ceres, promising Rome grain, Antony was Mars' armed emissary, Business and pleasure's flood tributary. Antony: "Barge of emerald, Elysium's onyx! Beyond counsel words of sage sardonic, Gliding the Cydnus's silken seam, This Nile Helen shall be my queen." Lepidus: "Pleasure vessel of a floating whore, Yours for a sesterce on the Tiber's shore, Honour your oath, noble Roman creed, Lest passion’s shipwreck sets out to sea.” "This Venus virago on her mirage barge; Serpent prow, silver oars, rhythmic charge! What hubris to think she can equal, The bloody talons of our Roman eagle!" Antony: "Feast your eyes past peacock's bower, She speaks Rome's tongue of naked power. Mark it, that obsidian Sphinx stings - Human head, lion's body, eagle wings! "That is the form she takes to the public: I smell a perfumed alliance for the Republic! With Plebeians as her tickled cats, they hum, I crave her beauty and company. Come!" © 2024, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.” Historical FictionEpic PoetryRoman HistoryCleopatraPolitical PoetryCharacter StudyHistorical DramaAntony And CleopatraLove And PowerMark Antony Author:Stewart Stafford
“I am sick of love, I want power. I have had enough of being Romeo. I want to be Mercutio. Solimano (Romeo) - to Jennifer” Love And Power Book:Around the World in 80 Dates: What if Mr. Right Isn't Mr. Right Here, A True Story Source: Around the World in 80 Dates: What if Mr. Right Isn't Mr. Right Here, A True Story