Belligerence
Great city walls
Turrets and guardrooms,
Lances, bows
And cauldrons of molten lead;
Kingdoms come
And Kingdoms go;
Cities are built
And then destroyed;
Lands change hands –
Nothing is permanent.
Armies pour forth
To pillage and destroy.
Rape and death
Are dispensed
Without mercy.
It is the tale of history,
The tale of humanity
And I am left wondering why?
How life could be so much easier
For us all,
If not for the senseless
Brutality
Of human nature.
To rule, to take, to hurt,
To terrorise and always seek more.
What a great waste!
What a terrible history!
What a horrific species!
How much better we could have done!
Is there no hope?
Opher – 2.10.2019