Nightly News

Darkness flows

subtle shades

grey and white

studded with starlight.

Death lurks.

Victim or prey

sighted

who is to decide

is this wrong

or is it right?

Evil prowls

using the cover of blackness

plying cowardly trade

innocence succumbing

virtues eradicated

salivating slaves

to the bloody knife.

Symbols etched

scratched into pale skin

screams of agony

offered up as sacrifice

not to demons

not to hell

to pacify grey men

creating a new world order.

Violence.

Harsh words.

Kindness has become overrated.

Echos of the past

intolerance

rhetoric spewed

no longer shocking

no longer rage inspiring.

Fodder for the nightly news.

Inured

we have become desensitized…..

to the wars

to the blood

to the death of children

to watching parents scream

holding dead bodies.

Cold eyes

no longer able to see humanity

tell me true

is this the way of the future

or can it be saved?

©July 9/19

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