Gimme Shelter

HAPPY SLIDERS SUNDAY !!

Here is my heavily slid (edited) photo of the flower of the Peace Lily.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spathiphyllum

 

I was struck by how the Peace Lily shelters its "children."

 

This and the current horrific war-time suffering of children in Gaza

and elsewhere in the world took my back to 1969.

It seems we have made no progress since then toward a world of peace, free of war.

 

By 1969, most of the general public in the USA and the rest of the West

were finally disgusted with the Viet Nam War.

 

The Rolling Stones were at the top of their game. In a response to the war,

they wrote and sang a protest son about the plight of children in war time:

Gimme Shelter.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kl6q_9qZOs

 

Gimme Shelter - Excerpt from the lyrics:

 

War, children, yeah

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

War, children

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away, hey

 

Rape, murder

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

Rape, murder, yeah

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away

Rape, murder (woo)

It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away,

 

Location: A large Peace Lily, growing in a big pot in my living room.

Riehen BS Switzerland.

 

In my album: Dan's Flower Power.

Done