no peace today

a baby died today
burning flesh
life fled away
mother cried
when the soldiers
came

allah cried dismay
creation burned
and swayed
mullah's spat
when the soldiers
stayed

christ walked away
blood flowed
wounds displayed
fathers cursed
as the soldiers
obeyed

death played today
piercing souls
as prey
dancing merrily
when soldiers plied
their trade

desert burns in play
as god mourns
the day
he blessed
the soldiers
deadly tirade

no mercy in the clay
of mankind's
blistered way
pouring wrath
in the soldiers
wicked tray

no peace today
or any day
when in the dawn
man's ire is born
on the soldiers
shouldered play

warfare's way
cannot be made
a peaceful stay
peace is found
when soldiers place
their guns away

© 2007 BY W. GARY FORRESTER