I wonder why they lay towns to waste, like rapacious
Animals tearing into carrion, feeding a hunger that
Won't be satiated! Each one with a claw to split the
Other asunder, with little respect to dignity of life.
They blast rockets and shells into each other's cities
Like shuttlers and tennis players sending volleys into
Each other's courts. But, then, this is not a game of
Tennis or Badminton, it is a game played with blood!
A ruthless game they play with each other's lives with
Vengeance, like monsters fighting for their pound of flesh.
Alas! Freedom is a much-bandied word made up of half-
Truths and lies, an excuse to slash each other's throats.
I wonder what they gain by smashing to smithereens
Each other's towns and cities like Saracens on steroids!
Alas! It is a madness that none might cure, a hunger for
Revenge, letting off tears and blood without a stop.
In the midst of all this destruction, the innocent
Suffer the most, the old, children and women, weak
And helpless, the aged - victims of a crossfire that,
Like an unwanted weed, are cut down mercilessly.
In the midst of all this madness people fight for their
Religion, language and colour like cats and dogs that
Fight tooth and nail, even while politicians goad them
On-to further their own selfish need to stay in their seat!
In the midst of all this chaos, are those that gloat over
The mayhem they have unleashed on innocent people,
Brainwashed by propaganda and misinformation, victims
Of mass hypnosis turned into idiots fed by narcotic sweets.
Where o where has humanity disappeared along with pity
And love, kindness and humility? Like cowards have they
Fled the field, bowing to vengeance, revenge, greed and
Jealousy, scoundrels that are the champions of the day!
As Rationality and common sense flee from the realm of
Sensibility, the gladiators eye each other with hatred like
Blood-thirsty hyenas barely waiting their time to feed. They
Feed on love and kindness turning them into empty words!
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