Never Again is A Lie

Dreams die.
Bombs fall.
Children dead.
Bits of bodies.
Mothers scream.
Fathers mourn.
And the world fails.

Bombs drop.
Death comes.
Not silently
Not creeping in the shadows
A brilliant jig
Danced upon shattered bones
Brutalized homes
And a pain so searing 
The earth struggles to contain
The anguish
The rage
The fear
That soaks into its soil
Poison.

Man creates religion.
Religion creates war.
Follow the tenets of a mad god.
Not right.
Always wrong.
Amoral.
Sing the hymns of piety
While torching the world
With Hitler's brunch.
A smorgasbord of violence
A smattering of rhetoric
Tossed with a dash of rape
Soaked in the blood of innocents 
This is the meal the world consumes.

Stand silent and complicent.
Hear voices raised. 
Terror will come.
When it is realized we are stronger than the might.
Tides are turning.
Seas are roiling.
Waters rising.
A baptism of fire is coming.

Which side of the fence will you find yourself on?

©May 13/24