death floats through the cities
casts its shadow across the deserts
sneaks into villages and huts
sometimes quietly
sometimes with a deafening blast
leaving corpses and rubble in its wake
no time a safe time
no zone without its horrors
no end of suffering for humankind
religion once more a deadly weapon
harnessed to serve power and greed
all saviors sacrificed in vain
The recent news fom the war zones in the Near East give even pessimistic optimists a hard time!!