Illusions

Squashed yellow moon just past full
shadow of the Americas on its face.
Is this a sign, the universe speaking
or just an illusion? One more year
according to the Mayan calendar as
Cairo erupts, Alexandria. The bible
says it begins in the middle east
the end, that is. We seem to have
been striving for it for ten years.
Though there have been centuries
of wars with the middle east, lines
drawn in sand where empires swell
and shrink while evil eye observes
our gluttony for oil. The black blood
that courses through Mother Earth
powers us, illumines us, drives
nations to capitalize on unrest.