War

I do not understand war

killing, maiming, loved lost

be they killers or victims

I do not get weapons used

by armies whatever the 

grievances must it be blood

Can’t there be counsels to

etch out plans for how we

can all live together in peace

This warring world makes

me cry and horrifies me

WHY do we kill one another

The killings seem to be mounting

in the name of religion and I can’t

see anything religious about it

We began together yet separated

into three tribes all not that different

so why are we killing each other

Why can’t we make peace and raise

up from horror and bloodshed 

raise our children free from war

Raise our children not to war

when will we respect differences

which are not so different

My heart breaks this bloody world

so many lives displaced so many

lives unnecessarily lost