Word to the Wise
What is the cost of war?
Innocent lives lost
With no clear winner
Does anyone really win
By using violence and hatred
To solve one’s problems?
War should be out of necessity
Not something to be used on a whim
By someone who leads from a bully pulpit.
When warranted
War should bind a nation together
With patriotism and unity,
Not divide and conquer
Like old adversaries.
War should never rest on assumptions
Or some old vendetta you want
To settle from decades past
We call other nations
Thugs and terrorists
But who are the real terrorists
When innocent lives are lost
For no apparent reason
We justify our actions by
Feeding the enemies’ starving children
But do absolutely nothing
To feed the starving children in this nation’s ghettoes
Instead of arrogance
We should learn humility
Instead of violence and anger
We should teach love and redemption
Instead of a future full of uncertainties
We should learn from our mistakes
Before we self-destruct
From our own ignorance and hatred.
